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Kneeling statuette of King Peftjauawybast
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23
740–725 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 19.68 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number1977.16
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis fine bronze statuette portrays a kneeling king wearing a shendyt kilt, a pair of bracelets, a choker, and a close-fitting cap crown with a wide diadem and uraeus. His open hands rest on his knees, where they may originally have held a cult object. A cartouche on the king's belt identifies him as "Neferkara," the prenomen of king Peftjauawybast, who ruled from Herakleopolis at the time of Piankhy's invasion of Egypt. Four tangs on the bottom of the statuette indicate that it was once attached to a separate base. It probably formed part of a composite group showing the king before a god.
ProvenanceBy 1954: Cairo private collection (published by J.M.A. Janssen in Varia Historica Aangeboden aan Professor Doctor A. W. Byvanck [Aasen, 1954], pp. 22 ff.); by 1977: with Mr. Bruce McAlpine, London; 1977, purchased by the MFA from Bruce McAlpine.
(Accession date: February 9, 1977.)
(Accession date: February 9, 1977.)