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Source Description
This block statue depicts a squatting figure with his knees drawn up and arms crossed on his knees. He wears a large wig and has a beard. Inscriptions run on the front dress, right and left sides of the dress, and in columns in the rear.
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Document identity
localId
11679
label
Block Statue of Nes-Min
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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10
Source metadata
id
11679
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Block Statue of Nes-Min
description
This block statue depicts a squatting figure with his knees drawn up and arms crossed on his knees. He wears a large wig and has a beard. Inscriptions run on the front dress, right and left sides of the dress, and in columns in the rear.
provenance
[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, nos. CK409/K449]. 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
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statues
sculpture
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10
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10
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[On front and sides above main inscription] ""Amun""
""Mut""
and ""Khonsu""
""the divine father
Nes-Min
the blessed."" [Main inscription] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re
lord of the thrones of the Two Lands
who is in command in Epet-sewet
the primeval god of the Two Lands
glorious by his arm
bull of his mother
the king of the gods
who is gleaming beautifully in Thebes
the full moon
the prince of the stars; offering brought on his altar
cool water sprinkled (?) upon his offering-table
all good and pure things
all gifts
vegetables
which come forth upon his altar daily
after the god has set; from the Osiris
the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet
prophet-priest of Sobk-Shedety
who is in Ishru
Nes-Min the blessed
son of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet
the ... priest of Amun
ab-priest of Amun
who enters into the secret (?) of the palace (temple) of Amon-re
the primeval god of the Two Lands
and of the ennead of ...
born of the lady
the chantress of Amon-re
Nes-Hor-pre
the venerable...
dynasty
22nd Dynasty
med
black granite
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6182
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EGY
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2345
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