Statue of Prince Khaemwaset
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Statue of Prince Khaemwaset
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Published 2019-07-25T10:28:04+00:00
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The prince holds two sacred standards. That in his left hand represents a fetish (sacred emblem) kept in Abydos and linked to Osiris. Atop the other stood figures of Osiris, Isis and Horus. Prayers on the back-pillar invoke Osiris. The text around the feet states that the statue was set up in the province of Tawer, no doubt in a temple of Abydos itself.
Khaemwaset was high-priest of Ptah in Memphis. Intrigued by its past, he refurbished many Old Kingdom monuments, including pyramid complexes and a sun temple.
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Date published | 25/07/2019 |
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Title | Statue of Prince Khaemwaset |
Date | ca. 1260 BC |
Dimension | Height: 143 centimetres (max) Width: 43 centimetres (max) Depth: 55 centimetres (max) |
Accession | numberEA947 |
Period | New Kingdom, Dynasty 19 |
Medium | Conglomeratic quartzite |
Credit | Gift of S. Sharpe, 1866 |
Record | https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=6311&partId=1 |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | British Museum |
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