Block Statue of Nes-Min

Title:

Block Statue of Nes-Min

Date:

946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)

Description:

This block statue depicts a squatting figure with his knees drawn up and arms crossed on his knees. He wears a large wig and has a beard. Inscriptions run on the front dress, right and left sides of the dress, and in columns in the rear.For the latest information about this object, statues; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 22nd DynastyInscriptions: [On front and sides above main inscription] "Amun", "Mut", and "Khonsu", "the divine father, Nes-Min, the blessed." [Main inscription] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, who is in command in Epet-sewet, the primeval god of the Two Lands, glorious by his arm, bull of his mother, the king of the gods, who is gleaming beautifully in Thebes, the full moon, the prince of the stars; offering brought on his altar, cool water sprinkled (?) upon his offering-table, all good and pure things, all gifts, vegetables, which come forth upon his altar daily, after the god has set; from the Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, prophet-priest of Sobk-Shedety, who is in Ishru, Nes-Min the blessed, son of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the ... priest of Amun, ab-priest of Amun, who enters into the secret (?) of the palace (temple) of Amon-re, the primeval god of the Two Lands, and of the ennead of ..., born of the lady, the chantress of Amon-re, Nes-Hor-pre, the venerable...Reign: Style:

Type:

sculpture

Type (Narrower):

Sculptures

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture: Egyptian

Provenance:

[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, nos. CK409/K449]. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Medium:

black granite

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

22.183

Is part of:

EGY
Ancient Art

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