Statue of a Priest, Wen-amun Son of Nes-ba-neb-dedet and Ta-sherit-Khonsu Ptolemaic PeriodThebes, Egypt
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)
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.834 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3412 tier-2
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