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Source Description
This piece is sculpted in the round and has an inscription around the pedestal, on b oth sides of the shrine, over the shrine entrance, to the left side of the rear column and on the rear of the rear column.
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Document identity
localId
4741
label
Nes-Ptah Holding Shrine with Osiris
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
9
Source metadata
id
4741
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Nes-Ptah Holding Shrine with Osiris
description
This piece is sculpted in the round and has an inscription around the pedestal, on b oth sides of the shrine, over the shrine entrance, to the left side of the rear column and on the rear of the rear column.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statues
sculpture
imageCount
9
pageCount
9
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.7
height
8.4
depth
13.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 5 7/16 in. (31.7 x 8.4 x 13.8 cm); H with mount: 12 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 5 7/16 in. (31.7 x 8.4 x 13.8 cm); Mount H: 1 3/16 x W: 4 1/8 x D: 6 3/4 in. (3 x 10.5 x 17.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Multipart inscription; A
on base beginning at left front] An offering which the king gives (to) Amon-re
lord of the thrones of the Two Lands
(to) Ptah-resy-ineb-f
lord of 'life of the Two Lands' (sanctuary at Memphis)
(to) Soker and Osiris
the great (god)
who is in the Holy Place that they may give funerary offerings of bread
beer
oxen
and fowl
of incense
unguent
and all good things on which a god lives
to the prophet-priest of Amon-re
king of the gods
and divine father and prophet-priest of Anubis of Ro-setaw (the realm of the dead)
to Nes-Ptah
son of Ankh-Wen-nofru (Onnophris). [B
on rear column
the ""Saitic Formula""] The local god of the prophet-priest of Amon-re
king of the gods
Nes-Ptah
son of Ankh-Wen-nofru... etc. [C
on the right side of the back] Made to his son
as he was in the netherworld
the prophet-priest of Amon-re
king of the gods
Ankh-Wen-nofru
born of the lady
Irterow. [D
over the door of the shrine] The prophet-priest of Amon-re
king of the gods
the revered before Osiris
Nes-Ptah
says. [E
on the right side of the shrine] An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris
that he may give funerary offerings of bread
beer
and all good things
on which a god lives
to the prophet-priest of Amon-re
king of the gods
Nes-Ptah
may he (?) keep you from being held back
when you seize your enemies
and your name from ever being destroyed; the revered before Osiris
Nes-Ptah
the blessed. [F
on the left side of the shrine; unclear but containing phrases containing wishes for the welfare of the owner of the statue]
dynasty
22nd Dynasty
med
greenish stone
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6182
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EGY
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2345
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