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Source Description
Statues such as this were placed in temples and show the owner presenting a divine image to his god. This statue represents Djed-khonsu-iuef-ankh, a priest of the god Montu of Thebes. He holds a statuette of Osiris, god of the underworld. Priests cared for cult images of the gods by cleaning and clothing them, as well as, offering them daily food and drink. The inscriptions on this statue indicate that it was placed in the Temple of Montu at Karnak and was dedicated on behalf of Djed-khonsu-iuef-ankh by his son, Khonsu-mes. The owner of such a statue benefited during his life, but also after his death, from the rituals for the god with whom he is represented.
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Document identity
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14770
label
Priest Holding the Figure of Osiris
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obj
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sculpture
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Source metadata
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14770
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sculpture
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normalized
title
Priest Holding the Figure of Osiris
description
Statues such as this were placed in temples and show the owner presenting a divine image to his god. This statue represents Djed-khonsu-iuef-ankh, a priest of the god Montu of Thebes. He holds a statuette of Osiris, god of the underworld. Priests cared for cult images of the gods by cleaning and clothing them, as well as, offering them daily food and drink. The inscriptions on this statue indicate that it was placed in the Temple of Montu at Karnak and was dedicated on behalf of Djed-khonsu-iuef-ankh by his son, Khonsu-mes. The owner of such a statue benefited during his life, but also after his death, from the rituals for the god with whom he is represented.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 665-650 BCE (Third Intermediate-Late Period)
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CC0
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en
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Sculpture
statues
sculpture
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cm
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57
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14
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26
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22 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (57 x 14 x 26 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
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late 25th-early 26th Dynasty
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Taharqa-Psametik I
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granodiorite
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EGY
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none
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