Statue of Ipepy
- Medium: Quartzite, limestone
- Place Found: Faiyum, Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1870-1750 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: late XII Dynasty-early XIII Dynasty
- Period: Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period
- Dimensions: 57.140a: 5 3/4 x 9 x 12 3/4 in. (14.6 x 22.9 x 32.4 cm) 57.140b: 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 8.3 x 11.4 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 57.140a-b
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 57.140a-b_view1_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
This statue's inscriptions indicate that it probably stood in a temple of the god Sobek. The inscriptions on the base, in the form of an offering table and a libation basin, appeal to passersby to recite an offering formula whose words magically contain the essence of what is offered, and to pour a revivifying libation for the subject of the statue, a man named Ipepy. The appeals face outward to the viewer, while the offerings face inward to Ipepy.
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