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Block Statue of Irt-Hor-Erow

Egyptian (Artist)
946-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This block statue depicts a figure in squatting position. It has an inscription on the sides and front of the kilt, and in columns on the rear.

Inscription

[On the garment] O Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, Irt-Hor-erow, son of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun, Ankh-pekhrod, born of the lady, chantress of Amon-re, Tenubt (?): may your soul live, your corpse be vigorous, may you smell the sweet breeze ... which comes forth on the offering-table of the primeval god of the Two Lands, cool water, all good and pure (things), Khonsu, ...a funerary offering of bread and beer.... [On the rear column] Osiris, divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, Irt-Hor-erow, the blessed, son of the prophet-priest of Amun (?), Ankh-pekhrod.

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

[Possibly excavated from the Karnak Cachette, no. CK1002]. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Egypt, Faiyum (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

H: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.189

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