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Block Statue of Nes-Min

Egyptian (Artist)

946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)

black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This block statue depicts a squatting figure with his knees drawn up and arms crossed on his knees. He wears a large wig and has a beard. Inscriptions run on the front dress, right and left sides of the dress, and in columns in the rear.

Inscription

[On front and sides above main inscription] "Amun", "Mut", and "Khonsu", "the divine father, Nes-Min, the blessed." [Main inscription] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, who is in command in Epet-sewet, the primeval god of the Two Lands, glorious by his arm, bull of his mother, the king of the gods, who is gleaming beautifully in Thebes, the full moon, the prince of the stars; offering brought on his altar, cool water sprinkled (?) upon his offering-table, all good and pure things, all gifts, vegetables, which come forth upon his altar daily, after the god has set; from the Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, prophet-priest of Sobk-Shedety, who is in Ishru, Nes-Min the blessed, son of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, the ... priest of Amun, ab-priest of Amun, who enters into the secret (?) of the palace (temple) of Amon-re, the primeval god of the Two Lands, and of the ennead of ..., born of the lady, the chantress of Amon-re, Nes-Hor-pre, the venerable...

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

[Excavated, Karnak Cachette, nos. CK409/K449]. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2003-2004

Secret Signs: Egyptian Writing. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/23/1978	Treatment	cleaned
7/2/2003	Treatment	cleaned

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Geographies

Egypt, Karnak, Karnak Cachette (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 14 3/16 in. (36 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.183

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Block Statue of Nes-Min

Inscription

Provenance

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Block Statue of Nes-Min

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Exhibitions

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

Do you have additional information?

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.