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Source Description
This seated figures has his knees drawn up and his hands on his knees.
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Document identity
localId
17566
label
Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
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17566
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet
description
This seated figures has his knees drawn up and his hands on his knees.
provenance
[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, nos. CK327/K365]. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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statues
sculptures
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6
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source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Multipart Inscription; A
on front and sides of dress] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re
the primeval god of the Two Lands (i.e.
the original god of the world
the first created)
who has created all things
and to (the gods) who are in Thebes
that they may give all things which go forth on their offering-altar in the course of every day
whatever the heaven gives and the earth creates and what the Nile brings to them
flying of (my) soul to all places it loves
enjoying the rays of the sun-disc
smelling the breeze of the good north wind
strolling along the river
offering gifts of fresh water (?) in their temple eternally to the Osiris
the divine father and priest of Amun in Epet-sewet
the privy councillor
the ab-priest
the high priest of Southern On (Hermonthis)
the great ... in Thebes
the prophet of the holy User-het-bark of Amun
Nes-ba-neb-Dedet (Smendes)
the blessed
son of a man of the same titles
Pe-kher-Khons (Pchorchonsis)
the blessed
born of the lady Nehems-ra-tewy
the blessed: May thy statue be in the venerable horizon (i.e.
this temple) without perishing in it forever
may sacrifices be brought to thee when every face opens in the temple of ...
may you eat and follow the holy bark (in the procession) in the course of every day of making water-offering; may you receive loaves of bread on the beautiful offering-table ...
may all the young people bend their arms in joy (in greeting)
for you have pleased them. [B
on the rear column
the ""Saitic Formula""] The local god of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet
the high priest in Southern On
the privy councillor
the ab-priest
the chief of ... the priest of the Sun of the roof of the temple of Amun in the first phyle (order) Nes-ba-neb-Dedet
the blessed
son of (a man of) the same titles
Per-kher-Khons
the blessed
born of the lady
the chantress of Amon-re
Nehems-ra-tewy
the blessed
may (the god) be placed behind him
while his Ka is in front of him
eternally. [C
on the base] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re
lord of the Two Lands
and to the gods and goddesses who are in the temple of Soker
that they may give all good things every day to the divine father Nes-ba-neb-Dedet
the blessed
the son of (a man of) the same titles
Pe-kher-Khons
born of the lady Nehems-ra-tewy
the blessed.
dynasty
22nd Dynasty
med
green basalt
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6182
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2345
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