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Limestone statue base

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Limestone base of statue of Petosiris, son of Pasis and Tared (?), and Pasenkel, son of Heteponuris and Ankhet, brother of Teteosiris. Six lines of incised demotic inscription, with invocation to Horemakhet-Shu and Mestasytmis. Photograph: yes.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_52482
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Sphinx
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    16 x 24 x 23 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_50041
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_8V/5880
  • Period
    Roman Period
  • Excavator
    Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Owner
    Pasenkel (near Sphinx)
    Petosiris (near Sphinx)
  • Attested
    Ankhet (near Sphinx)
    Heteponuris (near Sphinx)
    Pasis (near Sphinx)
    Tared (near Sphinx)
    Teteosiris (near Sphinx)
  • Notes
    From excavations of Emile Baraize; registered in JE in 1928.
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; EMC_CG_050023-050165_013LR; EMC_CG_050023-050165_PL009LR' RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Emile Baraize; Petosiris (near Sphinx); Pasenkel (near Sphinx); Heteponuris (near Sphinx); Pasis (near Sphinx); Tared (near Sphinx); RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_50041

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • Sphinx

    • Site Name Sphinx Complex

Full Bibliography

  • Spiegelberg, Die demotischen Denkma_ler iii. Die demotische Inschriften und Papyri (Cat. Caire), 12 Taf. ix.; Zivie-Coche, Giza au Premier Millenaire, p. 265.

People 8

Ancient People

  • Ankhet (near Sphinx)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

  • Heteponuris (near Sphinx)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx; ALTERNATE SPELLING(S): Hoteponouris; Hetep-Anhur

  • Pasenkel (near Sphinx)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx; ALTERNATE SPELLING(S): Psenkel; Psenpkel; Pasenpkel

  • Pasis (near Sphinx)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

  • Petosiris (near Sphinx)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

  • Tared (near Sphinx)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

  • Teteosiris (near Sphinx)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp066-067LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

Modern People

  • Émile Baraize

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates French, 1874–1952
    • Remarks French engineer working for the Service des Antiquities who excavated around the Sphinx from 1926-1936.

Institutions 1