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Statuette of Djehutira

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A male statuette, standing, wearing a curly wig which leaves the ears uncovered, and a shendit kilt with a plain belt. The arms hang down along the sides, the left leg is forward. The statuette has a back-pillar and a base in the form of a paralelepiped. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions on the pillar and on the sides of the base.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

1787

Dating

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

UNSPECIFIED

Category

FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HEWN; PAINTED

Height

17.9 cm

Width

7.3 cm

Translation

An offering that the king gives to Osiris, lord of Abydos, to the gods and goddesses, that they may grant a funerary offering consisting of bread loaves, beer, oxen, fowls, to the ka of Djehutira (and) the ka of his mother Takemmeri. Ini... causes their names to live.
His sister Senhotep, Iahmes, his brother Djehuti, his brother Nebpet.

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