Statue
| Object Number: | E9217 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Locus: | Cemetery D |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Hatshepsut |
| Date Made: | 1479-1458 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1479 |
| Late Date: | -1458 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Sandstone Pigment |
| Iconography: | Man Sitepehu |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 88.9 cm |
| Width: | 45.1 cm |
| Depth: | 66 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900 |
| Other Number: | AES 1906 - AES |
Description
Block statue of the overseer of priests, Sitepehu. Pigment remains on wig, face and hands. The inscription is executed in blue with red framing lines. The priest Sitepehu is shown in this block statue. The form of his body is only faintly perceptible beneath his long robe that completely covers his body and feet. The statue is notable for its large size and unusually well-preserved paint. The inscription on the front and right side of the statue addresses requests for the afterlife to the gods Osiris and Inheret, and lists the name, titles, epithets and virtues of the deceased. This statue was found in situ in the central doorway of Sitepehu’s tomb at Abydos.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Egyptian Mummies (1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Thomas, Nancy. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt.. Los Angeles County Museum of Art and American Research Center in Egypt. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 180/81 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Kondo, Jiro, and Ziegler, Christiane. 11 Jul 2015. Cleopatra and The Queens of Egypt.. Tokyo. NHK Promotions Inc. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 164/137 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Wegner, Jennifer H. 2014. "Hidden Treasures: Abydos in the Basement". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 56. no. 1. pg. 42-51 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 50, fig20 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 106 | 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: 132-133 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 21/9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 95 | 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. 38, fig. 22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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