Pediese kneeling and pouring libation
Unknown
ca. 664–200 B.C. · Copper alloy · Egyptian Art
The small statuette represents a person pouring libation on an offering table. On the back pillar, the inscription reads: Osiris Wennefer who causes Padiese, son of Paftjau (?) to live. His short-cropped hair (or a skull cap covering it) suggests he is a priest.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 664–200 B.C.
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
