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Prophet of Sobek Standing Against a Pillar

Egyptian (Artist)
Sculpture: 2119-1793 BCE; Inscription: 946-736 BCE (?) (Middle Kingdom)
gray peckled granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This statuette is broken off below the knees. The man depicted has a long kilt with a fold and tie at the waist. The piece is inscribed on the rear column and on both sides.

Inscription

[Translation] An offering that the king gives [to] Sobek of Shedet and Osiris in the Lake Country that they may give mortuary offerings of bread, beer ... to the prophet of Sobek, scribe of the orders (?) of the Pharaoh, Sobek ... son of the prophet of Sobek, scribe of the orders (?) of the Pharaoh P-shere-Dhowty, son of ... [From Steindorff 1946, p. 27

Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.202

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