Statue
29-87-471
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-87-471 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga |
| Locus | L.C. II, 3, surface x x1 |
| Period | New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1292 - 1190 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Woman | Seated Man |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Seated pair. Woman at right, man at left. A base evidently extended entirely around; a portion still remains at the right while for fragment of the front base. Inscribed: On woman's lap -- "A gift which the king gives..." On bottom of skirt: ...(A)mun, Hemet-netcher." On base at right: "reception of favors, for the "ka" of the lady of the House, the songstress of Amun (Hemet)netcher. A gift that the king gives to Osiris....." On back, in five vertical columns, left to right: "...for the "ka" of the Lady (of the House...) A(mun) Hemet-netcher". "...the songstress of Amun, Hemet-netcher, justified." "...the house of (Am)un, Mayme'et". "...of the house of Amun, Mayme'et". "...of the house of Amun, Mayme'et". |
| Height | 49.2 cm |
| Width | 28.5 cm |
| Depth | 26.01 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923 |
| Other Number | DAN944 - Field No SF |
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