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Source Description
Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue. In keeping with artistic conventions, he is placed in the center, larger than the two other figures, and receives their supportive gestures. The smaller man is Teti's father, also named Teti, while the woman is the elder Teti's wife, Meket. The reference to the god Ptah of ancient Memphis in the inscription on the front of the younger Teti's kilt suggests that the sculpture may have been dedicated in a temple there. This association with Memphis might also account for the statue's unusual pyramid-like shape, as a similarly shaped sacred monument, called the "benben," was worshiped in the region.
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184
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Priest Teti with His Family
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title
Priest Teti with His Family
description
Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue. In keeping with artistic conventions, he is placed in the center, larger than the two other figures, and receives their supportive gestures. The smaller man is Teti's father, also named Teti, while the woman is the elder Teti's wife, Meket. The reference to the god Ptah of ancient Memphis in the inscription on the front of the younger Teti's kilt suggests that the sculpture may have been dedicated in a temple there. This association with Memphis might also account for the statue's unusual pyramid-like shape, as a similarly shaped sacred monument, called the "benben," was worshiped in the region.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1390 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th dynasty)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Sculpture
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sculptures
statues
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3
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3
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import
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cm
width
55
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35
depth
18.5
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21 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (55 x 35 x 18.5 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
reign
Thutmosis IV (1397-1388 BC)
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carved granodiorite
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6182
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none
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