Block Statue of Sheshonq (Shishak)

Title:

Block Statue of Sheshonq (Shishak)

Date:

mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period)

Description:

This squatting figure has his knees drawn up and his arms crossed on his knees. He wears a wig. On the front is the deceased worshipping Osiris. There are incised hieroglyphics around the pedestal, the rear column, and the front dress.For the latest information about this object, statues; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th DynastyInscriptions: [Translation from G. Steindorff, 1946, Catalogue of the Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, p. 56, no. 164] Inscriptions on front: “Osiris Sheshonq, the blessed (true of voice) before Osiris” and “Osiris, who is in the divine hall.” Inscriptions around base from right front: “An offering which the king gives to Osiris, lord of the divine hall, that he may give all good and pure things on which the gods live, to the Osiris, the excellent, who is the … of the Amun temple of the third phyle, Sheshonq, the blessed, son of the divine father Pe-kher-Khons (Pchorchonsis), the blessed, born of the chantress of Amon-re…” On rear column, the “Saitic Formula”: “The local god of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the praised and high-spirited Sheshonq, the blessed, son of the divine father Pe-kher-Khons, the blessed, [is] behind, like the Heliopolitan (sic).”Reign: Style:

Type:

sculpture

Type (Narrower):

Sculptures

Type (Broader):

Object

Subject:

Culture: Egyptian

Provenance:

Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [claimed found at Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Medium:

green basalt

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 12 × W: 5 13/16 × D: 6 5/16 in. (30.5 × 14.8 × 16 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

22.167

Is part of:

EGY
Ancient Art

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