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Princess Sobeknakht Suckling a Prince

Unknownca. 1700-after 1630 B.C.E.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Copper figurine of seated woman suckling child. The woman clad in a short garment sits on the ground with the left knee raised and the right leg folded under her with foot protruding from in back of the left ankle. She holds a nude child to the right breast. The base consists of a thin, bronze placque, on the front of which is scratched an inscription, which seems to read: AbC. T�t s�bk-nht m 3 �t-h2w �the Princess Sebek-nakht, the justified.�Condition: Tip of nose slightly rubbed.

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