Seated male figure, inscribed
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Object Details
- Description
- Statuette: a seated male figure. Clay: soft, dense, white. Glaze: pale green-blue, partially disintegrated. Two inscriptions.
- Inscriptions
- From original folder sheet note #7 [see note #7 for more discussion on this inscription] (H.E. Buckman, 1964) The following undated note had been made by Dr. John D. Cooney of the Brooklyn Museum: Squatting sculpture of the Divine Father (a priestly title) Ser-Dhuty. Probably about Dynasty XXV-XXVI. The inscription incised in five columns on front of the statue reads: "An offering which the king gives and Osiris, lord of Djedu, the great god, lord of...May they give funerary offerings of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, incense, clothing, and every good and pure thing to the soul of the revered one, the Divine Father, Ser-Dhuty, the son of the priest of Anubis, Ser-Dhuty (son of) Djed-hor-iwef-ankh."
- Provenance
- To 1909
- Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman, Cairo, in 1909 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1987, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
- Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)
- Art of Dynastic Egypt (December 15, 1976 to September 22, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Maurice Nahman (1868-1948) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 664-525 BCE
- Period
- Late Kushite to early Saite Dynasty, Nubian Dynasty 25 or Saite Dynasty 26
- Accession Number
- F1909.146
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Faience (glazed composition)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15.8 x 7.5 x 9.7 cm (6 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 3 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- On View
- Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
- Related Online Resources
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- faience
- man
- Nubian or Kushite Dynasty 25 (ca. 760 - 656 BCE)
- Saite Dynasty 26 (664 - 525 BCE)
- Egypt
- hieroglyph
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.146
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3816dc5a8-50b1-481e-b15c-18c11bb9ed05
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