Statue of Nectanebo I, first pharaoh of the XXXth dynasty, portraying him kneeling and holding an offering table. The sculpture has been restored in several occasions. The head does not correspond to the original statue, and part of the inscription on the base has been copied, maybe in Roman times. It comes most probably from Hermopolis Baqlieh, since the inscription carved on the back pillar mentions this place together with Osiris merity, the town's local deity. It was soon removed to Italy, and probably placed inside an Iseum. The inscription mentions the whole titulature of the pharaoh, including his five royal names.
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BLANCO, A; LORENTE, M., Catálogo de escultura. Museo de El Prado, 1981, P. 122.
PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto. Guía didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. I, 1985, Pp. 36 - 39, 1985
PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto y Próximo Oriente. Guía General del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1996, Pp. 103 -104,
PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Historia de la colección egipcia del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Aegyptiaca Complutensia. De Narmer a Ciro ( 3150 a.C. - 642 d.C. ). Revista de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 1, 1992, P.22
ZIVIE, A. P., Hermopolis et le nome de l 'Ibis: Recherche sur la province du dieu Thot en Basse Egypte, IFAO, BdE , LXVI 1, 1979, P. 129, doc.34
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