Nebwenenef, High Priest of Amun

Date1290 BC

Creation PlaceEgypt, North Africa, Africa

MediumCarved stone

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensionsheight: 14 3/8 in.
36.5 cm

Credit LinexFounders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, Josephine and Ernest Kanzler Fund, General Endowment Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, Barbara L. Scripps Fund, Henry E. and Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation Fund, Matilda R. Wilson Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, Abraham Borman Family Fund, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, Edna Burian Skelton Fund, James F. Duffy, Jr. Fund, Hill Memorial Fund, and funds from various contributors.

Terms

Object number1E

DescriptionThis fragment, head, shoulders and upper torso, was originally part of a pair statue of a man and his wife. A cartouche of Ramesses II is preserved on the right shoulder. A part of a lenghty inscription is preserved on the back pillar, but neither the man's name or titles are included. The figure wears a double wig, extending in back to the shoulders, and the under wig extending in front to the chest. The figure also wears a garment with a slit neckline and elaborately pleated sleeves.
Condition: The right arm of the figure is missing below the shoulder. The right side of the nose has been chipped. Otherwise, the face is in good condition. Much of the surface of the statue has suffered small cracking, but there are no apparent insecure fragments. Several of the cracks have a black fill material in them, and the bottom of the left arm and sleeve also have minor fillings. Light colored soil is present in areas of low relief in the hair, garment, and inscriptions.

On View

On view

Collections

Egyptian Objects from the DIA

Locations

Treatment Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation, Fine Art

ProvenanceProbably from Theban Tomb 157, the Tomb of Nebwenenef Ex-collections: Ingrid and Bruce McAlpine (dealers, London) Jack Josephson (collector, New York) Koutalakis (dealer, Geneva)