Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet

Title:

Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet

Date:

946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)

Description:

This seated figures has his knees drawn up and his hands on his knees.For the latest information about this object, statues ; sculptures, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 22nd DynastyInscriptions: [Multipart Inscription; A, on front and sides of dress] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, the primeval god of the Two Lands (i.e., the original god of the world, the first created), who has created all things, and to (the gods) who are in Thebes, that they may give all things which go forth on their offering-altar in the course of every day, whatever the heaven gives and the earth creates and what the Nile brings to them, flying of (my) soul to all places it loves, enjoying the rays of the sun-disc, smelling the breeze of the good north wind, strolling along the river, offering gifts of fresh water (?) in their temple eternally to the Osiris, the divine father and priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the privy councillor, the ab-priest, the high priest of Southern On (Hermonthis), the great ... in Thebes, the prophet of the holy User-het-bark of Amun, Nes-ba-neb-Dedet (Smendes), the blessed, son of a man of the same titles, Pe-kher-Khons (Pchorchonsis), the blessed, born of the lady Nehems-ra-tewy, the blessed: May thy statue be in the venerable horizon (i.e., this temple) without perishing in it forever, may sacrifices be brought to thee when every face opens in the temple of ..., may you eat and follow the holy bark (in the procession) in the course of every day of making water-offering; may you receive loaves of bread on the beautiful offering-table ..., may all the young people bend their arms in joy (in greeting), for you have pleased them. [B, on the rear column, the "Saitic Formula"] The local god of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the high priest in Southern On, the privy councillor, the ab-priest, the chief of ... the priest of the Sun of the roof of the temple of Amun in the first phyle (order) Nes-ba-neb-Dedet, the blessed, son of (a man of) the same titles, Per-kher-Khons, the blessed, born of the lady, the chantress of Amon-re, Nehems-ra-tewy, the blessed, may (the god) be placed behind him, while his Ka is in front of him, eternally. [C, on the base] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, lord of the Two Lands, and to the gods and goddesses who are in the temple of Soker, that they may give all good things every day to the divine father Nes-ba-neb-Dedet, the blessed, the son of (a man of) the same titles, Pe-kher-Khons, born of the lady Nehems-ra-tewy, the blessed.Reign: Style:

Type:

statues

Type (Narrower):

Sculptures

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture: Egyptian

Provenance:

[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, nos. CK327/K365]. 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:

green basalt

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

22.165

Is part of:

EGY
Ancient Art

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