Lot Essay
On loan to the Brooklyn Museum, 1970.
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Property from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE KHONSU
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE KHONSU
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the child god depicted nude, striding forward with the left leg advanced on an integral rectangular plinth, inscribed in hieroglyphs reading, "Khonsu the Child, who causes that Sebni live, who gives saying-the-words(?), the sheneb of (the house of?) Amun, Nesbanebdjedet, son of Khepamun, borne by Dienshenbet(?), (and) the Overseer of...Pediese son of Heribbanebdjedet ...lord of satisfaction(?)," his fisted left hand at his side, his right forefinger raised to his lips, wearing a Double Crown, the stinger preserved, with a uraeus and a plaited side lock of youth, adorned with incised bracelets, an elaborate broad collar and a necklace with a double lobe-shaped amulet, the ears pierced, the pupils of the eyes inlaid
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the child god depicted nude, striding forward with the left leg advanced on an integral rectangular plinth, inscribed in hieroglyphs reading, "Khonsu the Child, who causes that Sebni live, who gives saying-the-words(?), the sheneb of (the house of?) Amun, Nesbanebdjedet, son of Khepamun, borne by Dienshenbet(?), (and) the Overseer of...Pediese son of Heribbanebdjedet ...lord of satisfaction(?)," his fisted left hand at his side, his right forefinger raised to his lips, wearing a Double Crown, the stinger preserved, with a uraeus and a plaited side lock of youth, adorned with incised bracelets, an elaborate broad collar and a necklace with a double lobe-shaped amulet, the ears pierced, the pupils of the eyes inlaid
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, 1966.