A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104

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A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104

Luc Gabolde, Isham Ahmed Fahid

To cite this version:

Luc Gabolde, Isham Ahmed Fahid. A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104. Göttinger

Miszellen - Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2003. �hal-

01895049�

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GM 194 (2003)

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Luc Gabolde Hicham Ahmed Fahid

A STATUE BASIS IN BEKHEN·STONE (GREYHAWKE) CHEIKH LABIB

ANX 104

The

«

Annexe

»

of the

«

Cheikh Labib

»

magazine was a side chamber of this larger storeroom containing objects recovered by the Egyptian Authorities in houses and from antiquities dealers. Partly emptied in 1998, its content joined that of the

«

Cheikh Labib

»

magazine. Among these pieces, a statue basis made of Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) has been registred under the number ANX 104

¹

(pl. I and II).

Kind of statue

The upper surface of the piece preserves traces of the feet, the left one slightly forward.

This detail and the titles present in the texts allow us to identify the document as the remains of a feminine striding statue.

Texts

The four lateral faces of the basis bear a single line of text (all signs facing right) : - 1 °) Front : unreadible traces

- 2°) Right side :

~ T ii.r!T M~b.~\S-r'~~

^[2]

[2] [ ... ]

kJt-tJ lnl.n lj'py, bt m TJ-sm<, gfJw m TJ-mtzy,

~rst

- 3°) Rear side :

<toa~~Y\So::2:@i1.1[3]

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nfrt m-bt mnlt n kJ (n) ltz(y)t (nt) 1mn-W - 4°) Left side:

~o\S'O~~¥¥~

^[4]

[4] { ...

}nb(t) SSSty, SpS( nt [ln{t-

(?) ... }

-5°) Of the vertical inscription of the back pilar, only one of the last signs

(=CO=)

remains at the bottom, maybe part of the owner's name or of that of one of her relatives.

Translation

« [I] ... [2] ...

[may she be granted with ... ] productions • of the land that Hapy brings, and goods from the Upper Egypt, products from the Lower Egypt, and with a beautiful

1 The dimensions of the document are as follows, High : 6 em ; width : 13 em ; lengh : 24 em.

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3]

burial-place after the funeral ; for the

ka

(of) the musician of Amun-Ra,

[4]

(and of (?)) Hathor (?)] the mistress of the two sistra

b'

the noble lady ...

^c

(?) [ ... ] ».

1 -

~~, ^kJt-tJ: ^see Wb. V, 100, 1-2, for kJt, « Produkte des Feldes , Erzeugnisse eines Landes ».

iJ

-For nb( t) sssty, epitheta of Hathor, D. Meeks, Alex 2, 78.3856. A trace corresponding to the tail o f ; or to J is preserved. As no name Ns-nbt-sssty is recorded in Ranke, PN,* we opted for a name of deity, not of a person.

c - Hathor designated as (spst): D. Meeks, Alex 2, 78.4095, quoting J. Assmann, « Eine Traumoffenbarung der Gottin Hathor », RdE 30, 1978, p. 26 where is found the following formula : spst n-sf[m-n.s « eine Dame, auf die man hOren muB », maybe a partial parallel to what was present on our statue. See also, for this designation of Hathor in Edfu, P. Wilson, Ptolemaic Lexicon, OLA 78, 1997, p. 1003, quoting E I, 57,8; I, 70,8 ; II, 8, 11.

Is the last word connected with fjnt-lJbt, the name of the XIV'h nome of Lower Egypt (Tanite) where a form ofHathor-Isis was worshipped (H. Gauthier,

DG

IV, 178-79)?

It

is probably audacious to propose it, as such a mention on a statue presumably originating from Karnak would be surprising.

A lacuna at the end of this line has deprived us from the possibility to have the exact identity of the lady and the remains of the titles, «musician of Amun-Ra, and of(?) [Hathor]

... »,have not been sufficient to identify her, even tough it seems likely, through her first title, that she was a Theban lady.

Datation

The style of the signs and some specific writing, as, for example, that of the word kJt with the bee-sign~, suggest a Late Period, or, most probably, a ptolemai'c sculpture.

Luc Gabolde

2, rue d'Oran, 69001 Lyon, France

Hicham Ahmed Fahid

Franco-Egyptian Center of Karnak POBox 63 Luxor, Egypt

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Pl. I. Statue basis Cheikh Labib ANX 104.

a) Left side b) Upper surface c) Right side d) Rear side e) Front side

A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104

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Submitted on 13 Oct 2018

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A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104

Luc Gabolde, Isham Ahmed Fahid

To cite this version:

Luc Gabolde, Isham Ahmed Fahid. A Statue Basis in Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) ANX 104. Göttinger

Miszellen - Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2003. �hal-

01895049�

GM 194 (2003)

Luc Gabolde Hicham Ahmed Fahid

ANX 104

The

Annexe

of the

Cheikh Labib

magazine was a side chamber of this larger storeroom containing objects recovered by the Egyptian Authorities in houses and from antiquities dealers. Partly emptied in 1998, its content joined that of the

Cheikh Labib

magazine. Among these pieces, a statue basis made of Bekhen-stone (greyhawke) has been registred under the number ANX 104

(pl. I and II).

Kind of statue

The upper surface of the piece preserves traces of the feet, the left one slightly forward.

This detail and the titles present in the texts allow us to identify the document as the remains of a feminine striding statue.

Texts

The four lateral faces of the basis bear a single line of text (all signs facing right) : - 1 °) Front : unreadible traces

- 2°) Right side :

~ T ii.r!T M~b.~\S-r'~~

kJt-tJ lnl.n lj'py, bt m TJ-sm<, gfJw m TJ-mtzy,

- 3°) Rear side :

<toa~~Y\So::2:@i1.1[3]

nfrt m-bt mnlt n kJ (n) ltz(y)t (nt) 1mn-W - 4°) Left side:

~o\S'O~~¥¥~

}nb(t) SSSty, SpS( nt [ln{t-

-5°) Of the vertical inscription of the back pilar, only one of the last signs

remains at the bottom, maybe part of the owner's name or of that of one of her relatives.

Translation

[may she be granted with ... ] productions • of the land that Hapy brings, and goods from the Upper Egypt, products from the Lower Egypt, and with a beautiful

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burial-place after the funeral ; for the

(of) the musician of Amun-Ra,

(and of (?)) Hathor (?)] the mistress of the two sistra

the noble lady ...

(?) [ ... ] ».

~~, kJt-tJ: see Wb. V, 100, 1-2, for kJt, « Produkte des Feldes , Erzeugnisse eines Landes ».

-For nb( t) sssty, epitheta of Hathor, D. Meeks, Alex 2, 78.3856. A trace corresponding to the tail o f ; or to J is preserved. As no name *Ns-nbt-sssty is recorded in Ranke, PN, we opted for a name of deity, not of a person.

Is the last word connected with fjnt-lJbt, the name of the XIV'h nome of Lower Egypt (Tanite) where a form ofHathor-Isis was worshipped (H. Gauthier,

IV, 178-79)?

is probably audacious to propose it, as such a mention on a statue presumably originating from Karnak would be surprising.

A lacuna at the end of this line has deprived us from the possibility to have the exact identity of the lady and the remains of the titles, «musician of Amun-Ra, and of(?) [Hathor]

... »,have not been sufficient to identify her, even tough it seems likely, through her first title, that she was a Theban lady.

Datation

The style of the signs and some specific writing, as, for example, that of the word kJt with the bee-sign~, suggest a Late Period, or, most probably, a ptolemai'c sculpture.

Luc Gabolde

Hicham Ahmed Fahid

~~, ^kJt-tJ: ^see Wb. V, 100, 1-2, for kJt, « Produkte des Feldes , Erzeugnisse eines Landes ».

-For nb( t) sssty, epitheta of Hathor, D. Meeks, Alex 2, 78.3856. A trace corresponding to the tail o f ; or to J is preserved. As no name Ns-nbt-sssty is recorded in Ranke, PN,* we opted for a name of deity, not of a person.