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Statuette: E.11.1937

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Priest named Wennefer, kneeling before Osiris with a table of offering on his knees; on Wennefer's back is an incised standing figure of Osiris (1.8 cm high)

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

25th Dynasty
26th Dynasty
-0700 - -0601

Components of the work

Statue Height 5.2 cm Width 2.15 cm
With Base Height 6.6 cm
Tang Length 4 cm Thickness 1.05 cm Width 1.65 cm
Base Length 5.95 cm Width 3.8 cm

Materials used in production

Copper alloy

Techniques used in production

Lost-wax process

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Htp di nsw wn-nfrt di. anx wDA snb aHa qA iAwt aAt (n) wAH-mw (n) nsw-bit(y) Hr-sA-Ast wn-nfr
  • Location: Around base
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: sA bs mrt-xnsw mAa-xrw?
  • Location: On top side of base, either side of the figure
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: wn nfr
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.11.1937
Primary reference Number: 53552
Oldadmincategory: MW

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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