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Source Description
Discovered in the ancient necropolis, or burial ground, in Asyut in 1913, the statue is inscribed on either side of the block-like seat with the offering texts for Itj-ibj, a minor official, represented with a shoulder-length head covering and wearing a shendyit, or pleated kilt. While early 12th Dynasty in style, this impressive seated statue shows Itj-ibj in a classic pose copied from Old Kingdom sculpture: hands balanced on his thighs, the left flat and the right clenched in a fist, holding a folded cloth. Traces of red paint with white spots remain on the fleshy areas of the sculpture, and it has been suggested that the exposed parts of the body were painted to make the limestone resemble red granite, a more costly stone.
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Document identity
localId
26545
label
Itj-ibj
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obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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26545
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contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Itj-ibj
description
Discovered in the ancient necropolis, or burial ground, in Asyut in 1913, the statue is inscribed on either side of the block-like seat with the offering texts for Itj-ibj, a minor official, represented with a shoulder-length head covering and wearing a shendyit, or pleated kilt. While early 12th Dynasty in style, this impressive seated statue shows Itj-ibj in a classic pose copied from Old Kingdom sculpture: hands balanced on his thighs, the left flat and the right clenched in a fist, holding a folded cloth. Traces of red paint with white spots remain on the fleshy areas of the sculpture, and it has been suggested that the exposed parts of the body were painted to make the limestone resemble red granite, a more costly stone.
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo, by 1926, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase [Joseph Brummer as agent; Brummer inv. no. X303]; Walters Art Gallery, 1931, by bequest.
date
1976-1911 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
statues
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
66
height
20
depth
38.3
dimensionsRaw
26 x 7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in. (66 x 20 x 38.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] An offering which the king gives [to] Anubis
Lord of Re-qereret
who is in the embalmment place
Lord of the cemetary
that he may give a good burial by the Treasurer Djefay-hapy to Iti-ibi born of My. [An offering] which the king gives [to] Osiris
Lord of Busiris
the Great god
Lord of Abydos
on all his places
that he may give mortuary offerings of bread
beer
oxen and fowl
clothing
alabaster [to] the Revered Itj-[ibj].
dynasty
early 12th Dynasty
med
limestone with paint
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6182
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EGY
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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