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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet
Description
<p>This figure is a squatting priest who has his hands crossed o his knees. There is an inscription on the sides of the pedestal, the front of the dress, and the rear columns.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.171' rel='external'>Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (2)
Inscription #1
English description
[Multipart inscription; A, on the front of the dress] ...the divine father and prophet-priest of Amon-em-epet-sewet, Nes-ba-neb-Dedet, the blessed, on of Irty-r-tjey, the blessed, born of the lady Khered-ankh, the blessed: may you be as a god, may your name be as (a name of) a god, in whom you live eternally and your genius every day.
Inscription #2
English description
[B, on the base] An offering which the king gives to Amon-re, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands (and of?) Karnak, and (to) Ptah-Soker, who is in the Holy Place, and (to) the gods, who are in Thebes, that they may give all good things on which a god lives, in the course of every day, at all festivals of the heaven and of the earth ..., the smelling of the sweet breeze (of the north wind) as a (?) revered, drinking (?), (at) running water, to Nes-ba-neb-Dedet.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.171 tier-2
- Walters-id 9122 tier-2
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