Statue of a Vizier, Usurped by Pa-di-iset

ca. 1780-1700 BCE; Inscription and relief: ca. 900-850 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty & Third Intermediate Period, 22nd)

10.3 cm 30.5 cm 11.5 cm

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A remarkable example of the re-use of a work of art, reflecting the course of Egypt's long history, this statue was originally carved to commemorate a powerful government official. A thousand years later the inscription naming this unknown man was erased, and a carved scene wa...

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Maurice Nahman, Cairo; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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