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Head and Torso of a Seated Man

Egyptian (Artist)
664-525 BCE (Late Period; Saite)
dark stone
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This statuette is carved in the round. It depicts a seated man with an inscription on his chest, right and left arms, and pilaster at the rear.

Inscription

[Translation] The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nefer-ib-Re, the good god, Psametik, living eternally, like Re. | An offering that the king gives [to] Bastet, the eye of Re, the mistress of the 'Life of the two lands,' who sees (?) the sun-disc... [From Steindorff 1946, p. 52]

Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Egypt (Bubastis) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.198

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