Ka statue, High-Priest of Thebes Period
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Links to other views:⇒ Larger Viewif scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others from High-Priests And Priest-Kings Of ThebesOrnament of Satis, daughter of Hor, c. 980 BCOrnament of Satis, daughter of Hor, c. 980 BC Overseer shawabti of Amenemope, c. 1000 BC Overseer shawabti of Piankh, 1074-1070 BC Red clayware shawabti of Ankhefenmut Shawabti of Amenemope, c.1000 BC Shawabti of Djedkhonswiwfankh, 1000 BC Shawabti of General Amen, c. 1000 BC Shawabti of Hor, c. 1020-975 BC Shawabti of Nesitanebashru, 965 BC Shawabti of Nespaheran, c. 1000 BC Shawabti of Nespaiherhat, 1070-1030 BC Shawabti of Nespakanwty, 1000-950 BC Shawabti of Overseer Pahhmedat, 1000 BC Shawabti of Pennamen, c. 1000 BC Shawabti of Pinedjem II, 990-964 BC Shawabti of Queen Henuttawy, c.1050 BC Shawabti of Royal Scribe Idjedir, 1000 BC Links to others of type KaKa statue of King Amenemhet III, Dyn. 12Large wooden Ka statue, Dyn. 26 |
This large representation of the Ka of the defunct is made of wood that was carved, gessoed, and painted. The gilded face is a portrait of a typically New Kingdom Theban young man, wearing a rectangular collar eight-rows tall. His serene expression conveys the assurance of someone who has already started his eternal voyage of the afterlife. Such refinement and such attention to the representation of the Ka was not attained until the very end of the New Kingdom. The hieroglyphic sign of the Ka (two raised arms), once perched on its head, is now missing.Bibliography (for this item)Andrews, Carol1994 Amulets of Ancient Egypt. University of Texas Press, Texas. ( 68-69) Khalil, Hassan M. 1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ( (III) 383-385) Robins, Gay 1993 Women in Ancient Egypt. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (cover-portrait 147 plate 60) |
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