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Statue

Object Number:L-55-212
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Period: Eighteenth Dynasty
Thutmose III (uncertain)
Thutmose IV (uncertain)
New Kingdom
Date Made: 1479-1390 BCE
Early Date: -1479
Late Date: -1390
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Limestone
Pigment
Technique:Inscribed
Iconography:Man
Stela
Sun Hymn
Inscription Language:Hieroglyphic
Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Other Number:None - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

Description

Kneeling Stelaphorous statue of Hednakht who is shown wearing a long kilt belted at the waist. Hednakht holds a stela inscribed with 9 lines of text (broken). Much of the original pigment is intact

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition
Amarna: Ancient Egypt\'s Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W., and Silverman, David P. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 38-39, fig. 32View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 136-37View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 70View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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