Gilded Bronze Anubis statuette facing a kneeling worshiper. A hieroglyphic inscription identifies the dedicant as Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered. Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun, 680-660 BC, Walters Art Musuem [1404×1800]
Gilded Bronze Anubis statuette facing a kneeling worshiper. A hieroglyphic inscription identifies the dedicant as Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered. Egypt, Karnak, Temple of Amun, 680-660 BC, Walters Art Musuem [1404×1800]
INSCRIPTION: May Anubis, give life, health, long life and great and good old age to Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is born (made) of the Mistress of the house, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew./ May Anubis give life to Wdje-hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered./ May Anubis, who is before the place of the divine booth, give life, health, strength, a long life, and a great old age and happiness to the son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is Mistress of the House, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew.
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Gorgeous. So finely made.
Does anyone know if the man is holding his hands out to be bitten by the snakes?
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INSCRIPTION: May Anubis, give life, health, long life and great and good old age to Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is born (made) of the Mistress of the house, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew./ May Anubis give life to Wdje-hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered./ May Anubis, who is before the place of the divine booth, give life, health, strength, a long life, and a great old age and happiness to the son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is Mistress of the House, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew.
Gorgeous. So finely made.
Does anyone know if the man is holding his hands out to be bitten by the snakes?