A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO

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A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO
Dynasty XXX, reign of Nectanebo III, 360-343 B.C.

Standing between the feet of a Horus falcon, the king wearing a nemes-headdress and uraeus, the palms of his hands resting on a long flared skirt, on which a column of hieroglyphs is lightly incised: "Son of Ptah, Nakhthorheb beloved of Imhotep son of Ptah", around the base a band of hieroglyphs reading from R-L and L-R: "The living Horus, beloved of the Two Lands, Protector of Egypt, the Two Ladies, pleasing to the gods, repelling the foreign lands, Horus of Gold..."
15in. (33.8cm.) high

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Abbé Paul Tresson, "Sur deux monuments Egyptiens inédits de l'époque d'Amasis et de Nectanebo 1er", Kêmi, Paris, 1930, pp. 144-150, pl. VII

Cf. a falcon protecting a small figure of Nectanebo II in exhibition catalogue, An Egyptian Bestiary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995, pp. 44-45, no. 50