Ear Impression from the Mummy of the Royal Prince, Count of Thebes, Pa-seba-khai-en-ipe

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Wax, linen

DATES 1111–937 B.C.E. or 1188–909 B.C.E

PERIOD Third Intermediate Period

DIMENSIONS approx.: 3 x 3 x 1 in. (7.6 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 08.480.2e1

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

PROVENANCE Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt; by 1893, unearthed by Emile Brugsch; 1894, purchased from Emile Brugsch by Armand de Potter of Belgium and New York, NY; 1905, inherited from Armand de Potter by Amy Beckwith (Mrs. Aimee S. de Potter) of New York, NY and Asheville, NC; March 1908, purchased from Amy Beckwith by the Brooklyn Museum.

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