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Statue of a Priest, Wen-amun Son of Nes-ba-neb-dedet and Ta-sherit-Khonsu

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Description

Object Label: These three statues, from three different periods, were all carved from limestone. This kind of stone occurs in different grades from soft to hard. The harder the limestone, the more difficult to carve and the more skilled the sculptor must be. Soft limestone reveals less detail. Though nearly all ancient Egyptian statues were painted, the paint on the statuette hides the lower-grade stone used here. All three statues would have been used in the tomb as a place for the ka-soul to reside and accept food offerings for the deceased from the living. Caption: Statue of a Priest, Wen-amun Son of Nes-ba-neb-dedet and Ta-sherit-Khonsu, ca. 50 B.C.E.. Limestone, 15 1/2 × 4 13/16 × 7 5/16 in., 10 lb. (39.4 × 12.2 × 18.6 cm, 4.54kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.834. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Headless statue of a standing figure with one foot forward.

The image depicts a headless limestone statue of a standing figure. The figure is depicted with a typical Egyptian stance, with the left foot forward. The statue appears to have been finely carved, though it is now weathered, with missing elements observed in the arms and head. The attire and posture suggest it might have been a votive or funerary piece.

royal Old Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Thebes
Deities Amun
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 36.834 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3412 tier-2
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