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Statue of Psamteksaneith Holding a Shrine
CG 726 (JE 31335 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Grey-Green Schist
Size: Height: 44.5 cm
Location: Mit Rahina (Memphis)
Period: Late Period (6th - 4th Century BC)
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From at least the 19th
Dynasty, statues depicting a figure holding a small
shrine, or naos, were fairly common. They became
widespread from the 21st
Dynasty in the Late
Period.
Psamteksaneith was the Royal Superintendent of Works
in Silver and Gold. He holds a naos containing a
mummiform effigy of Osiris.
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Photograph by: Diaa Khalil
These funerary figurines from the tomb
of Yuya and Thuya were meant to substitute for the
deceased when hard labor was to be done. On the bottom
left are miniature tools which they were supposed to
use.
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