Accession No
1951.553
Description
Shoulder fragment of a block statue of Ser-Djehuty (aka Ser-Thoth or Sirthotes). Scene on back: Osiris-emblem held by Horus and Thoth between ram-standards and souls of Nekhen.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Karnak; ?Mut Temple
Period
Late Period XXX XXXI Macedonian Period Early Ptolemaic
Source
Green, Frederick William
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.553
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Basalt
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Probably from Aphroditopolis Abydos
Collected by: Green, F. W.
Green Collection
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Fetish is supported by Horus and Thoth, flanked by Isis and Nephthys, whole being bracketed by rams upon stands. To the right of the surviving part kneel three Souls of Nekhen. The fetish is labelled as Inscription 1. Behind left shoulder of statue is the remains of an adoring figure labellel as Inscription 2; 1) Wsir-hnty-imntiw, ntr ' 3 nbt 3bdw : 2) it-ntr, ss pr-hd mpr-Imn Sr-i-?sw s3 P-di-nfr-htp; Broken; Fetish of Osiris
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
From Topographical Bibliography: Shoulder fragment of a block statue of Ser-Djehuty (aka Ser-Thoth or Sirthotes). Scene on back: Osiris-emblem held by Horus and Thoth between ram-standards and souls of Nekhen.
Event Date 19/3/2012
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Porter, Bertha and Rosalind Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Vol II. 2nd edition. p.261
Event Date 19/3/2012
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
This shoulder fragment is part of a larger sculpture now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), accession number 48.24.8. See David Klotz's article for a discussion of both pieces, their provenance, decoration, date, genealogy of Ser-Djehuty, etc. As a result of his research, the Place field has been updated to include Karnak and potentially the Mut temple complex, from simply 'Egypt'. Whilst previously the fragment had been dated to the XXX Dynasty, Klotz notes that it could 'date sometime between Nectanebo II to Ptolemy III, essentially the late fourth to early third centuries BCE' although it could possibly be narrowed even further to 'sometime between Alexander the Great and Ptolemy III'. The Period field has been updated to include these periods.
Event Date 28/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Klotz, David. 2015. 'The Cuboid Statue of Ser-Djehuty, Master Sculptor in Karnak'. Revue d'égyptologie, 66. pp. 51-109
Event Date 28/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:39144
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