A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO

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A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO
Dynasty XXX, reign of Nectanebo III, 360-343 B.C.

Standing between the feet of a Horus falcon, the king wearing a nemes-headdress and uraeus, the palms of his hands resting on a long flared skirt, on which a column of hieroglyphs is lightly incised: "Son of Ptah, Nakhthorheb beloved of Imhotep son of Ptah", around the base a band of hieroglyphs reading from R-L and L-R: "The living Horus, beloved of the Two Lands, Protector of Egypt, the Two Ladies, pleasing to the gods, repelling the foreign lands, Horus of Gold..."
15in. (33.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Abbé Paul Tresson, "Sur deux monuments Egyptiens inédits de l'époque d'Amasis et de Nectanebo 1er", Kêmi, Paris, 1930, pp. 144-150, pl. VII

Cf. a falcon protecting a small figure of Nectanebo II in exhibition catalogue, An Egyptian Bestiary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995, pp. 44-45, no. 50

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