Block Statue of Pe-Kher-Kons

Title:

Block Statue of Pe-Kher-Kons

Date:

946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)

Description:

This block statue is of a squatting man with an inscription on the front dress and rear.For the latest information about this object, statues ; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 22nd DynastyInscriptions: [On the front of the dress] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, the lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, who is governing in Epet-sewet, and Mut, the eye of Re, the lady, and Khonsu in Thebes, Nefer-hotep (Nephotes), the gods and goddesses who are in Epet-sewet, that they may give everything which comes forth on their offering tables in the course of every day, to the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the prophet-priest of Khnum, Pe-kher-Khons (Pchorchonsis), the blessed, who is called also Pa-Mont, the blessed, son of the divine father Oser-were (Osoroeris), the blessed. [On the rear column] Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Khnum, Pe-kher-Khons, the blessed, son of Oser-were, the blessed.Reign: Style:

Type:

sculpture

Type (Narrower):

Sculptures

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture: Egyptian

Provenance:

[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, 1904, nos. CK828/K55]. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Medium:

black granite

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

22.210

Is part of:

EGY
Ancient Art

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