Faience Plaque of Imsety, the Son of Horus

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Period, 664-332 B.C.

Material: Faience

Dimensions: 7.5 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 1610

Provenance: Swiss private collection K. Meyer (died in 1976). Subsequently inherited by his son Marc Meyer, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. Gifted in 2021 to Elfriede Blume, Vienna.

Condition: Intact.

Description: A green-and-black glazed faience plaque depicting the human-headed Son of Horus, Imsety. Together with his brothers Hapi, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef, he was responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased, with Imsety specifically assigned to the liver. The plaque shows him in mummiform shape, wearing a black tripartite wig, the ends of which peek out from beneath his ears. Imsety wears a five-row neck collar, beneath which the X-shaped mummy bandages are indicated. Perforations at the back of the head and at the heel show that the plaque was once sewn onto a mummy. See for the type, a faience plaque in the Walters Art Museum with the accession number 48.1640. Mounted.