Bust of a statue

Bust of a statue

Bust of a statue of a Persian official. He wears a skull cap leaving the ears bare, a shirt with a scoop neck and a triangular neck, and a Persian type collar with relief lion protomai at the extremities. The bust has a back-pillar with a trapezoidal top and the beginning of two columns of incised hieroglyphs.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 11900

Dating 27TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES

Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED

Category STATUE

Material BASALT

Technique INCISION; HEWN

Height 36.5 cm

Width 42.2 cm

Depth 32 cm

Translation

The venerated one before Atum, the prince

The venerated one before Ra, the prince

Bibliography•G. Botti, Busto di un dignitario della XXVII dinastia nel Museo Egizio di Firenze, Bollettino d'Arte 2, 1956, pgg. 147-149.

•E.Bresciani, Una statua in "abito persiano" al Museo del Cairo, SCO 9, 1960, pg. 112.

•AA.VV., Il senso dell'arte nell'Antico Egitto, Milano, 1990, pg. 170, n. 117.

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