Lot Essay
Although no other titles are given, the Fan-bearer, one of the highest titles, stood nearest to the King and was therefore his most trusted courtier.
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LATE DYNASTY XVIII, EARLY REIGN OF AMENOPHIS III, CIRCA 1390-1353 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE PAIR STATUE OF THE FAN-BEARER MERY AND HIS WIFE SATY
LATE DYNASTY XVIII, EARLY REIGN OF AMENOPHIS III, CIRCA 1390-1353 B.C.
The couple sitting side by side with their arms entwined, Mery wearing a short layered wig, his wife wearing a broad multi-plaited wig separated by a band in the centre, the back of their 'throne' inscribed with "his son, Mery" and an invocation to Horus of Behdet (Edfu): "A royal offering to Horus of Behdet, the great god, Lord of Heaven, and Osiris, Ruler of Abydos, that they might give a thousand of bread, beer, oxen and fowl, a thousand of incense and unguent, and a thousand of all good and pure food offerings on which a god lives, that they might give a splendour-in-glory in Heaven and power on Earth, that he might drink from the eddies of the river, for the Ka (life-force) of the Fan-bearer Mery and his beloved wife Saty, his son Huy, and his daughter Mutu", on his wife's side of the throne is inscribed: "It is his beloved wife who has caused his name to live, the Fan-bearer, Mery, Saty"
13¼ in. (33.6 cm.) high
LATE DYNASTY XVIII, EARLY REIGN OF AMENOPHIS III, CIRCA 1390-1353 B.C.
The couple sitting side by side with their arms entwined, Mery wearing a short layered wig, his wife wearing a broad multi-plaited wig separated by a band in the centre, the back of their 'throne' inscribed with "his son, Mery" and an invocation to Horus of Behdet (Edfu): "A royal offering to Horus of Behdet, the great god, Lord of Heaven, and Osiris, Ruler of Abydos, that they might give a thousand of bread, beer, oxen and fowl, a thousand of incense and unguent, and a thousand of all good and pure food offerings on which a god lives, that they might give a splendour-in-glory in Heaven and power on Earth, that he might drink from the eddies of the river, for the Ka (life-force) of the Fan-bearer Mery and his beloved wife Saty, his son Huy, and his daughter Mutu", on his wife's side of the throne is inscribed: "It is his beloved wife who has caused his name to live, the Fan-bearer, Mery, Saty"
13¼ in. (33.6 cm.) high
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