Object Details
Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Notes
PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. PURCHASED BY J HIRSHHORN FROM THE GALERIE KAMER, NEW YORK, IN 1961.
Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets as block statue, black granite, inscribed for Ipouy, who describes himself as a "real scribe". Mentions him as "the Osiris", so would seem to indicate statue was intended for a tomb, though most of this type are votives in temples. Glyphs appear to have been done in a hurry. From the Ramesside period, late 19th or 20th Dynasty.
Record Last Modified
29 Apr 2024
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Collection Date
1966
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553078-0
Object Type
Sculpture
Height - Object
38 cm
Width - Object
22 cm
Length - Object
13 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Anthropology
Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8503894