Statue of a Man, 664 B.C.E. or later. Stone, 11 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (30.4 x 9 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George London , 70.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.70.88_wwgA-2.jpg)
Statue of a Man, 664 B.C.E. or later. Stone, 11 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (30.4 x 9 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George London , 70.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.70.88_temples.jpg)
Statue of a Man
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Each morning in the temple, the pharaoh, or a priest playing the role of pharaoh, cared for the image of a god in order to protect it from the forces of chaos and assist the god’s daily rebirth. Temple Statue of Pawerem holds a shrine containing an image of the goddess Bastet, while Kneeling Statue of a Man holds a seated figure of Osiris, the god of the dead. Such statues (called naophoros, or “shrine-bearing”) link their owners to the daily temple ritual and associate them permanently with the divine cycle of death and rebirth.
MEDIUM
Stone
DATES
664 B.C.E. or later
DYNASTY
Dynasty 26
PERIOD
Late Period
DIMENSIONS
11 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (30.4 x 9 x 18 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
70.88
CREDIT LINE
Gift of George London
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Statue of a Man, 664 B.C.E. or later. Stone, 11 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (30.4 x 9 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George London
, 70.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.70.88_wwgA-2.jpg)
IMAGE
installation, West Wing gallery A-2 installation, CUR.70.88_wwgA-2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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