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. 32 | View 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: 136-37 | View 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. 70 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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