A Royal Egyptian Faience Plaque inscribed with the Cartouches Ramses IV, New Kingdom, ca. 1200 - 1085 BCE Reserved They were suspended from strap

They were suspended from strap junctions

holding a round jar in each hand

Medium:  Steatite

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A Royal Egyptian Faience Plaque inscribed with the Cartouches Ramses IV, New Kingdom, ca. 1200 - 1085 BCE Reserved They were suspended from strapA rare double sided faience plaque in the form of a cartouche, glazed in green brown tones with traces of surface patination. Pierced for suspension, each side bears an incised royal cartouche with one side enclosing the prenomen Usermaatre Meriamun (The Justice of Ra is Powerful, Beloved of Amun), the other, the nomen Ramses, Son of Ra. These inscriptions firmly identify the piece with Ramses IV, third ruler of Egypts 20th Dynasty and identify the