COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1924.754
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
Title:
Statuette of Shebenhor
Title Type:
preferred
View:
3/4 view
Creation Date:
Saite Period, Dynasty 26 (c. 664-525 B.C.)
Creation Start Date:
-664
Creation End Date:
-525
Materials and Techniques:
Black basalt
Subject Description:
Statues such as this were placed in temples to act as intercessors for the donor. This is not, however, a portrait of the donor. The inscription asks the gods Osiris and Bastet to give funerary offerings to the donor, Shebenhor, suggesting that it was perhaps originally placed in a temple dedicated to Bastet of Bubastis.
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Dimensions:
H.: 28 cm (11 in.);W.: 13 cm (5-1/8 in.);Depth: 16.3 cm (6-3/8 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1924.754
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. George L. Otis
Inscriptions:
On front and back the inscriptions ask the gods Osiris and Bastet to give offerings of Upper and Lower Egypt to Shebenhor, son of Hedebhapiirtbin and Iahehaysnakht.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E26960.TIF
