Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

This mummiform figure resembles representations of the human-headed Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus. The manner of decoration, with gilded face, red shroud, and extravagant floral collar, is found on some Ptolemaic examples of the funerary god such as 12.182.37b, as well as on much larger Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figures like 21.9.1.

The name of the god here, however, is given as Hekes, who is unknown, possibly garbled. But the owner's name and filiation are clear: Teshnefer, son of Pmerweret, born of Theset.

Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding

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Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding
Funerary Statuette naming Teshnefer, Wood, gesso, paint, gilding

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