The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-10
STATUE Of TUT'S
AID IN MUSEUM
Army Chief of Ancient King
Placed on Exhibition i the
metropolitan at New York.

New YOrk.-Tutankhamen great
army chief, Harmhab, sculptured in
immortal gray granite, has Just been
placed in the Egyptian department Of
the Metropolitan museum, where it is
regarded by Director Edward Robinson
and his associates as one OF the most
noteworthy accessiOns of recent years.
Furthermore, II comes to the museum
enriched by the romance of the party
now working III the valley of the
Kings for on the very day that mod
srn eyes pierced the gloom in which
Tutankhamen lay, this statue of the
man who playedaan important part in
the great kings life came out of Us
hiding to take place once more In the
public view.
Director Robinson, commenting on
the esthetic and archaeological value of
the sta<ue before representatives OF
the press, laid special stress on; the
Buddah-llke pose Of the figure and the
classical modelling of the face planes.
He attributed this to the tradition OF
art minds working through the ages
rather than chance influences Of the
moment
In. Good Preservation.
Quite as noteworthy is the state of |
preservation in which the statue |
comes to the museum, for with the ex- |
ception Of the loss of the right hand I
the material and condition is as perfect
as If it had just come from the work
shop of the sculptor. The other pieces
Of stone that have come from the time
of the eighteenth dynasty show most
plainly the buffering of $500 years, but
the spirit of new sculpture is strong in
this image of Harmhab.
The figure is represented seated with
legs crossed and scroll Of parchment
spread across Its lap. The left hand
grasps one end of the scroll, while the !
right, missing, very evidently held tho
quill pen, as shallow ink container,
similar to those in the Egyptian depart
ment, rests upon his left knee. /
In this pose of a scribe 1t is quite I
Citing that he should be composing
letter to 10th, the letter writer Of the
gods and the divine protector, whose
obtained promotion for all
who followed a clerical career on :
,arth. From his involved phrases on
he scroll which have been interpreted,
t is gathered that 10th guides him
Who is in error and recalls every for
often thing. The writer further in
okes the good graces of 10th in I
rayer that is engraved around the i
ase of the statue. Is. @
Claimed God az Father. n
Pendant to this prayer there is a 9
econd, chiefly interesting because by
working Ptah god of Memphis, it indi- $
ates the finding place of the statue. + Z
umOr has it that it was under the g
aims of Mitrahineh, which cover the
Inns of the great temple of Ptah in a
lie very heart OF ancient Memphis. a
nce other recent finds have located c,
milar statues near the city gateways al
is thought most likely that this stood 1T
,mediately within the entrance Of tr
emphis.
1t might be judged from this that III
armhab was bit Of an egotist and
8 father the god Horus, saying that q
birth he was equipped with the !.
renGth and complexion Of 4 god. q
hen he was still an untausht child
. form Of cad WAS anparsnt In him
Ill beholdcn.
This superb sculpture, in many re-
ects the finest in the department
mes to tho museum through the gen -
,sfty OF Mr.. and Mrs e. Evsrit Macy, !
o. during the past year, S1Ss the -
seum the sum ,of $4,000 The size IT,
this sum the donors fixed by giving -