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Source Description
Two provincial governors are shown prostrate before a higher authority. A third governor was once between them, but both his figure and his name have been removed. This unique sculpture must have been combined with the statue of a god or king. It is possible that the work was once part of a larger group that may have shown all the provincial governors of Upper and Lower Egypt. The removal of the middle figure may either have been a "damnatio memoriae" to destroy the commemoration of the depicted person, or to replace his image by the figure of another person.
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Document identity
localId
5539
label
Base with Two Prostrate Figures
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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7
Source metadata
id
5539
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Base with Two Prostrate Figures
description
Two provincial governors are shown prostrate before a higher authority. A third governor was once between them, but both his figure and his name have been removed. This unique sculpture must have been combined with the statue of a god or king. It is possible that the work was once part of a larger group that may have shown all the provincial governors of Upper and Lower Egypt. The removal of the middle figure may either have been a "damnatio memoriae" to destroy the commemoration of the depicted person, or to replace his image by the figure of another person.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1880 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statuettes (statues)
sculptures
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.5
height
28
depth
11
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 13/16 x W: 11 x D: 4 5/16 in. (27.5 x 28 x 11 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription
Translation
proper left and proper right] The hatj-a (governor or nomarch
mayor] Hat-ankh
born of Sat-wsret. The hatj-a Nakht the Elder
born of Maket. [From Schulz and Seidel
'Egyptian Art: The Walters Art Museum
' 2009
p. 42]
dynasty
12th Dynasty
med
carved and incised red quartzite
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6182
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EGY
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2623
3241
3229
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