Double-sided Plaque Depicting a Lion and Birds

Description

This piece was reused several times. Over the initial design of a lion, an artist drew a grid in order to copy the image to another surface. At a later date, the plaque was used as a note pad at which time the ink inscription was added. The notation is a list of names, perhaps witnesses to a transaction.

Provenance

Nicolas George Tano (1866-1924), Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through James Henry Breasted as agent, 1919.

Double-sided Plaque Depicting a Lion and Birds

Ancient Egyptian

Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)

Accession Number

93553

Medium

Limestone and pigment

Dimensions

19.4 × 19.1 × 1.3 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

Classification

plaque (flat object)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Museum Purchase Fund