Naophorous Block Statue of a Governor of Sais, Psamtik[seneb]

Period:: Late Period, Saite

Dynasty:: Dynasty 26

Date:: 664–610 B.C.

Geography:: From Italy, Southern Europe, Tivoli, Hadrian's Villa

Medium:: Graywacke

Dimensions:: H. 30.5 cm (12 in)

Credit Line:: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1982

Accession Number:: 1982.318

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 127

This statue represents a governor of the Saite nome (district) in the western Nile Delta, and was intended for a temple in Sais, its capital city. The temple, called the "House of the Bee," was dedicated to Osiris, who is represented standing in a shrine on the front of the statue.

Barberini Collection, 16th century-1930s; Tozzi Collection, New York, before 1950; [Phyllis A. Goldman Fine Arts, New York]

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

Notable Acquisitions, 1982–1983

Department

Egyptian Art (27,359)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

1000 B.C.–A.D. 1 (16,668)

God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II

Date: 360–343 B.C. Medium: Meta-Greywacke Accession: 34.2.1 On view in:Gallery 128

Torso of a High General

Date: 4th century B.C. Medium: Meta-graywacke Accession: 1996.91 On view in:Gallery 128

Man Holding a Shrine Containing an Image of Osiris

Date: 5th–4th century B.C. Medium: Graywacke Accession: 25.2.10 On view in:Gallery 128

Magical Stela (Cippus of Horus)

Date: 360–343 B.C. Medium: Meta-Greywacke Accession: 50.85 On view in:Gallery 128

Face attributed to Ptolemy II Philadelphos or a contemporary

Date: 285–246 B.C. Medium: Graywacke Accession: 12.187.31 On view in:Gallery 134