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Statuette of a squatting man wearing a knee-long kilt and a long wig leaving the ears exposed; open hands are lying on the knees, palms downwards. On the kilt there are two vertical columns of incised hieroglyphs; another inscription is carved around the base of the statuette.

Statuette of a squatting man wearing a knee-long kilt and a long wig leaving the ears exposed; open hands are lying on the knees, palms downwards. On the kilt there are two vertical columns of incised hieroglyphs; another inscription is carved around the base of the statuette.

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sA.t-sbk

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Hieroglyphs \|A-\|1-i(imAx:x)-r-nTraA\r3-nb-pt-! \|A-\|2-n-kA-n-i(ir:t)-mA-a-xrw\r3-! \|B-sw-t:Htp-X8-gb-b-A40-W18-n:t:f-N9t:nTrnTrnTr-#b-..-..-#e-! -.-m#--X2.\10W22:N18-F1H1:Z2-x.:nb#-nfr-n:kA:n-i-ir:ms-n:t:zA-I5A:mAa:xrw\r3-!
Transliteration imAx(j) xr nTr aA nb p.t n kA n irt mAa xrw Htp dj (nj)-sw.t (n) gb(b) xnt jt psD.t --- [m] tA Hnk.t kA.w Apd.w x[.t] nb(.t) n kA n ir(j) ms(.w) n sA.t-sbk mAa(.t)-xrw
Translation Inscription A - (1) Revered in front of the Elder God, Lord of the Sky. (2) For the Ka of Iret, true of voice. Inscription B - (1) A boon given by the king (to) Geb, //////////// Father of the Ennead - - - (2) of bread, beer, cattle, fowl, every good thing for the Ka of Iret born of Sat-sebek true of voice. Inscription A - (1) Revered in front of the Elder God, Lord of the Sky. (2) For the Ka of Iret, true of voice. Inscription B - (1) A boon given by the king (to) Geb, //////////// Father of the Ennead - - - (2) of bread, beer, cattle, fowl, every good thing for the Ka of Iret born of Sat-sebek true of voice.

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From the collection of Romanchenko, previous history is unrecorded.

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Bibliography

Matthieu M.E., Iskusstvo drevnego Egipta. Srednee tsarstvo. Leningrad, 1941, p.66, pl.35b.
Matthieu M.E., Pavlov V.V., Pamyatniki iskusstva drevnego Egipta v museyah Sovetskogo  Soyuza. Moscow, 1958, pl.21.
Matthieu M.E., Iskusstvo drevnego Egipta. Moscow, 1961, p.188.
Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, pp.45-46, cat.no.8, fig.15.
Landa N.B., Lapis I.A., Egyptian Antiquities in the Hermitage. Leningrad, 1974, pl.23.

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