miércoles, 23 de marzo de 2022

Group of two seated male persons.

Group of two seated male persons.
This group of two seated males in sandstone comes from the excavations of W. F. Petrie at Serabit el-Khadim. It depicts the "director of sealed matters" Nebaaour and the "chamberlain of Djedbaou" Khentykhety. The piece belongs to the category of private statues which were placed in the sanctuary of Hathor so that the owners may benefit from the divine kindness.
SARABIT EL-KHADIM
SANDSTONE
MIDDLE KINGDOM
FORMULA Htp-di-nsw.t
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Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings VII 359
A. Gardiner, T. Peet et J. Cerny, The Inscriptions of Sinai, Oxford 1952-1955, pl. 42 nº 156
B. van de Walle, La publication des textes des Musées: Bruxelles (Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire) dans Textes et languages de l'Égypte pharaonique. Hommage à Jean-François Champollion, Le Caire 1974, 172
W. Ward, Index of Egyptian Administrative and Religious Titles of the Middle Kingdom, Beirout 1982, 70 nº 576
F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 63
P. De Smet et J. Josephson, A Masterwork of Middle Kingdom Sculpture (Brussels, MRAH E. 6748), BMRAH 62 (1991) 9
D. Valbelle et Ch. Bonnet, Le sanctuaire d'Hathor maîtresse de la turquoise, Paris 1996, 154 fig. 178
Inventory number E.2310
KMKG - MRAH

 

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