Bust Of An Official
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: STONE BUST, CRACKED AND REPAIRED. ORIGINAL TAG STATES: "TITLE: VIVACIOUS NUDE DATE:1973 VALUE:300" HMSG CATALOG:"BUST OF AN OFFICIAL, GRANITE, 19TH DYNASTY;1305-1196BC" OTHERWISE UNDOCUMENTED.PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Ca. 1305-1196 BC.
label: Notes
content: Per Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan this is actually the (broken) top portion of a typical standard bearer statue, probably 19th Dynasty, around the time of Ramses II. On left shoulder is an inscription with the typical offering formula - "a gift which the King gives ..." and a base on which would have sat an image of the god this was dedicated to. In this case, the god is identified on the back panel: Ptah-Sokar, god of the cemeteries of Memphis, is invoked as a visiting god visiting another cult location (in other words, this statue invokes Ptah at a temple in a location other than Memphis). The name of the local god is unknown to Betsy Bryan, "Shem Tyet" she thought? Statue is damaged and restorations in at least 2 different materials, and sometimes the restorations obscure the text. This statue would have belonged to an official, who would have dedicated it to a temple.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XIX
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553171-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 10 cm