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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz am Rhein, 1993, p. 130, no. 90.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 164, no. R-489.
The rectangular base is inscribed on the underside with two columns of text mentioning the goddess Isis and the dedicant Psamtek, son of Padihor.
Nefertum is the god of the lotus blossom which, according to Egyptian mythology, emerged from the primeval waters of creation. Because of his attribute he is often associated with perfumes (R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, London, 2003, pp. 133-135). For a similar but larger silver figure of Nefertum, cf. K.-H. Priese, Ägyptisches Museum, Mainz, 1991, p. 227, no. 136.
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz am Rhein, 1993, p. 130, no. 90.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 164, no. R-489.
The rectangular base is inscribed on the underside with two columns of text mentioning the goddess Isis and the dedicant Psamtek, son of Padihor.
Nefertum is the god of the lotus blossom which, according to Egyptian mythology, emerged from the primeval waters of creation. Because of his attribute he is often associated with perfumes (R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, London, 2003, pp. 133-135). For a similar but larger silver figure of Nefertum, cf. K.-H. Priese, Ägyptisches Museum, Mainz, 1991, p. 227, no. 136.