Black basalt kneeling naophorous statue of Wahibra, larger than life-size, holding a small naos containing a figure of Osiris, hieroglyphic texts around base and on the dorsal pillar give Wahibra's titles,
Black basalt kneeling naophorous statue of Wahibra, larger than life-size, holding a small naos containing a figure of Osiris, hieroglyphic texts around base and on the dorsal pillar give Wahibra's titles, parents' names and ask for offerings to be given.
- 530BC (circa)
- Found/Acquired: Mareotis, Lake, The Birch Slip records 'found near the lake mareotis at a distance of about 49 miles from Rosetta in A.D. 1785.' [Also in 1847 synopsis, NCS] (?)
- (Africa,Egypt,Lower Egypt,Nile Delta,Lake Mariut,Lake Mareotis)
- Height: 180.3 centimetres (max)
Inscription Positionbase and dorsal pillar
PM IV, p.6;
Gauthier, ASAE 22 (1922), 85-8, with other objects of same man;
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 274-5.
Being studied as part of Ph