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Bock Statue of Hor, Son of Ankhkhonsu
JE 37150 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Schist
Size: Height 51 cm
Location: Karnak, Temple of Amun-Re, Courtyard of the
Cachette
Excavation: G. Legrain's Excavations of 1904
Period: 25th Dynasty (770-712 BC)
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This type of statue is normally referred to as a block
statue because of the general shape that it takes. It
was discovered, together with literally thousands of
others, buried in the temple
of Amun-Re at Karnak.
Hor was a priest of Montu,
and his genealogy is carved on this statue. From this,
we learn that his family had been associated with
priestly functions at Thebes
for at least five generations.
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