Statue
12.0cm
40.5cm
granite
25.0cm
Statue of Sen-en-mut made of granite. The official is portrayed with a simple wig, kneeling and offering a Hathor-headed sistrum to the goddess Iunyt from Armant. The inscription is carved in sunken relief and should be read from the right side of the sistrum, then on the left side of the sistrum, on the back pillar of the statue, and on the left and right edges of the pillar. Another inscription is incised in line around the base. Names of Sen-en-mut were erased and not restored. On the right arm of the statue the cartouche of the queen can be seen. The name of Hatshepsut as well as that of Amun remain untouched.
Museum object
Provenance uncertain, probably from Armant, temple of Montu.
Bibliography:
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- Bothmer, Bernard V., More Statues of Senenmut, Brooklyn Museum Annual 11.2, 1969-1970, 125ff., 134ff., Fig(s). 6-8, 25
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