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Source Description
Lion-Headed Harmiysis stands with left foot advanced; both feet are placed on a low relief depicting a dead antelope with legs bound. Harmiysis wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a royal kilt; he holds a sickle-shaped sword and a sham staff in his hands. A shaven-headed priest kneels in front of the god and raises his hands in worship. The god and priest are joined to the separately made pedestal.
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Document identity
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12405
label
Lion-Headed Harmiysis and Worshipper
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Source metadata
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12405
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normalized
title
Lion-Headed Harmiysis and Worshipper
description
Lion-Headed Harmiysis stands with left foot advanced; both feet are placed on a low relief depicting a dead antelope with legs bound. Harmiysis wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a royal kilt; he holds a sickle-shaped sword and a sham staff in his hands. A shaven-headed priest kneels in front of the god and raises his hands in worship. The god and priest are joined to the separately made pedestal.
provenance
Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
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CC0
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en
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statuettes (statues)
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12
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12
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.1
height
4.8
depth
12.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 1 7/8 x D: 4 13/16 in. (22.1 x 4.8 x 12.3 cm)
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cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Partially obliterated inscription on pedestal] To be recited: Hor-p-mey-huse
the great god who is in Hebenu
may he give life
prosperity
health
a high age
a long and good age
authority
honor and praise (to)...(priest) of Hor
the lord of Hebenu
Nes-p-muy
son of Djed-Eset-efonkh...
med
bronze
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6182
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none
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none
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