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A FRAGMENT OF A BLACK BASALT NAOPHOROS STATUE
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 650-342 B.C.
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A FRAGMENT OF A BLACK BASALT NAOPHOROS STATUE
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 650-342 b.c.
The kilted kneeling figure preserved from the waist down, his arms held out before him with his hands around the naos, or shrine, which houses an image of the god Osiris, the shrine framed by hieroglyphs invoking the god Ptah, the kneeling figure identified in hieroglyphs in four columns on the back pillar, an appeal to the living, "Hor-ta-ef-bit, the rekh-nesu, the one revered under the god Ptah, the scribe of the king, the son of his father Shed...nefertum, whose titles are the same"
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 650-342 b.c.
The kilted kneeling figure preserved from the waist down, his arms held out before him with his hands around the naos, or shrine, which houses an image of the god Osiris, the shrine framed by hieroglyphs invoking the god Ptah, the kneeling figure identified in hieroglyphs in four columns on the back pillar, an appeal to the living, "Hor-ta-ef-bit, the rekh-nesu, the one revered under the god Ptah, the scribe of the king, the son of his father Shed...nefertum, whose titles are the same"
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1957