Depiction of a statue of Seshem-nefer IV

Depiction of a statue of Seshem-nefer IV

The relief represents an offering of incense and meat for the statue of Seshem-nefer. He is depicted as an elderly, plump man, and thus espicially dignified. The position of the arms and the shoulder indicate that the relief depicts a statue rather than the man himself. The single line of inscription also indicates a statue. Three servants on a smaller scale are depicted facing the statue. Two of the men are standing on a higher baseline; one is opening an incense burner and the other is reciting from a papyrus which is now lost owing to the extensive surface damage. The other servant stands on the lower baseline and is preserved from the waist upwards. He presents an ox leg. The outline of his head was later enlarged by the extension of the painted wig beyond the edge of the relief cutting. Each figure wears a short kilt which is tied under the navel.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 3190

Dating 6TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF; PAINTED

Height 70.3 cm

Width 78.3 cm

Depth 10 cm

Translation

"[1] Image true to life, the Sole Friend (of the king), Seshem-nefer."

"[2] Major-domo Merri"

"[3] (Deputy Head of the) Mortuary Priests, the Scribe, Fefi (?)"

"[4] the Candidate Mortuary Priest ... (name lost)"

Bibliography

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Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 50.

Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 226.

Martin, K., Reliefs des Alten Reiches : Teil 2 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 7), Mainz 1979, S. 121-125.

Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 20.

Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 24.

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