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Source Description
The elegance and lack of emotion in this statue's face characterize sculpture of the Ptolemaic Period. The inscription on the statue's back pillar records that Hor-wer was a member of the clergy and served three of the gods of the Theban area: Amen-re, Min, and Khonsu.
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Document identity
localId
16993
label
Portrait of Hor-Wer
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
16993
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of Hor-Wer
description
The elegance and lack of emotion in this statue's face characterize sculpture of the Ptolemaic Period. The inscription on the statue's back pillar records that Hor-wer was a member of the clergy and served three of the gods of the Theban area: Amen-re, Min, and Khonsu.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 250-150 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
portraits
statues
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
19.5
depth
12
dimensionsRaw
11 13/16 x 7 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (30 x 19.5 x 12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
black granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
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photo
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7fb150f0bbb62e34
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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833a6c9be648ac3d
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no
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no