File:Egyptian - Plaque with Sphinx and Duck - Walters 42982 - Side A.jpg

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Plaque with Sphinx and Duck   (  )
Artist	Egyptian (?) Palestinian (?) Syrian (?)
Title	Plaque with Sphinx and Duck
Description	English: This steatite amulet is incised with sunk relief designs on both the front and back. The carvings on the front depict a sphinx, while those on the back show a duck. The figures fill most of the image field, and empty spaces above the backs display floral elements. Hatch and crossed line patterns define the inner structures. The workmanship is slightly rough and the piece is simply made. This amulet had divine kingship connotations, and was originally mounted or threaded. It could be a rotating element of a ring with two different focuses: It should ensure magical protection as well as regeneration for its owner. The representation of a duck with head bent back is typical for the early 18th Dynasty, and double-sided decorated oval plaques for the reign of Thutmosis III (1479-1425 BC)-Amenophis III (1388-1351/1350 BC). However, this plaque belongs not to the standard types. Most of the duck representations are scaraboids, and not incised figures on a plaque, and the figure of the jumping/running hawk-headed sphinx is very unusual, as are the attached elements. The only comparison to the jumping/running posture one can find is in images of running lions.
Date	between 1550 and 1390 BC date QS:P571,-1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1390-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (New Kingdom; Thumoside)
Medium	light brown steatite
Dimensions	length: 1.6 cm (0.6 in); height: 0.4 cm (0.1 in); width: 1.2 cm (0.4 in) dimensions QS:P2043,1.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2048,0.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,1.2U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	42.982
Place of creation	Palestine (?)
Object history	Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942 Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase
Credit line	Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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