Pawerem, Priest of Bastet Late PeriodSaqqara
Description
Object Label: Each morning in the temple, the pharaoh, or a priest playing the role of pharaoh, cared for the image of a god in order to protect it from the forces of chaos and assist the god’s daily rebirth. Temple Statue of Pawerem holds a shrine containing an image of the goddess Bastet, while Kneeling Statue of a Man holds a seated figure of Osiris, the god of the dead. Such statues (called naophoros, or “shrine-bearing”) link their owners to the daily temple ritual and associate them permanently with the divine cycle of death and rebirth. Caption: Pawerem, Priest of Bastet, 570–510 B.C.E.. Basalt, 18 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 11 1/4 in., 74 lb. (46 × 19.1 × 28.6 cm, 33.57kg) mount (mount (dimensions when installed)): 19 x 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (48.3 x 19.1 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.36E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.36E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3945 tier-2
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