Complete Description

An Egyptian granite fragmentary seated statue for Satepihu,

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Hatshepsut, 1480-1460 B.C.

Statue représentant une figure masculine acéphale, assise sur un siège cubique à dossier bas, reposant sur un socle rectangulaire. L'homme est enveloppé dans un manteau, la main gauche reposant à plat sur la poitrine, la droite reposant sur les cuisses. Des inscriptions hiéroglyphiques recouvrent les côtés de l'assise ainsi qu'un bandeau au centre du manteau allant des cuisses aux chevilles, le pilier dorsal anépigraphe.

Manques visibles.

Dim. : 43 x 34 cm

Provenance:

Collection Jean-Jacques Rotthier (1932 - 2009), puis par descendance

Exhibitions:

Du Nil à l’Escaut, Bruxelles, Banque Lambert, 5 avril - 9 juin 1991, n°109

Bibliography:

J-M. Krüchten, « Une statue de Sa-Tep-Ikhou », Chronique d'Égypte, LXV, fasc. 129, Bruxelles, 1990, pp. 5-11

E. Gubel, Du Nil à l’Escaut, catalogue d’exposition, Bruxelles, Banque Lambert, 5 avril - 9 juin 1991, n°109

Comment:

Our work, closely related to a very similar example bearing the name of Menkheperraseneb (British Museum, inv. no. 1909,0213.1), belongs to the category of statues depicting seated figures draped in a cloak, a sculptural type particularly common at the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty, before the Amarna period. These statues appear in both funerary and temple contexts; however, examples in hard stone mostly derive from temples. Inscriptions also mention the lord of the city of This granting the owner of this statue “offerings and provisions,” suggesting that the work was originally placed in the temple of Onuris at This to participate in the cult and receive the offerings associated with the god.

Satepihu, a contemporary of Queen Hatshepsut, is also known from two other monuments in public collections, most notably his block statue held by the Penn Museum in Philadelphia (inv. no. E9217).