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Statue

Description

Reconstructed granite statue of black stone, the head missing, depicting a scribe and Superintendent of the Craftsmen of Amun, Teti writing on a papyrus roll: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Deir el-Bahari, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1479-1425 BC

Museum reference

A.1905.279.3

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Statue

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Gabbro, Granite

Physical description

Black gabbro; headless

Collection place(s)

Deir el-Bahari, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Teta
Excavator: Naville, Edouard
Hatshepsut

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

PM II 393

Naville, Édouard, The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari III (1913), pp. 1-2, pls. 4, 8

Lipinska, Jadwiga, ‘Names and History of the Sanctuaries Built by Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahri’, JEA 53 (1967), 25-33, p. 28

Yoyotte, Jean, ‘Le géneral Thouti et la perception des tributs syriens’, BSFE 92 (1981), 33-51, p. 39

Scott, Gerry Dee. The History and Development of the ancient Egyptian scribe statue, unpublished PhD thesis, Yale University (1989), cat. no. 159, pp. 264-8, 970-3

Eichler, Selke Susan, Die Verwaltung des "Hauses des Amun" in der 18. Dynastie, (2000), p. 324

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