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| Keywords: Egyptian - The Nile God Hapy - Walters 542135.jpg This plaque originally functioned as a decorative element that may have covered the door or lower part of a wooden shrine It displays an image of the Nile god Hapy with an offering table in his arms Hapy represented the Nile River and its fertilizing inundation Hapy wears a crown of papyrus buds and blossoms a collar a divine beard armlets and a narrow girdle with three ends in front the characteristic costume of this god The offering table has two water jars and two lotus plants with more lotuses hanging from Hapy's left arm A royal cartouche crowned with plumes and a sun-disk is in front of the legs of the god but it is empty and does not contain the name of a king ca 680 650 BC Late Period cast copper alloy cm 28 58 10 32 0 64 accession number 54 2135 26826 Joseph Brummer Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Memphis Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Hapy Ancient Egyptian art from Memphis Armlets in art | ||||
