An Egyptian Peridotite Torso of a Man, Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C.

Property from the Collection of Axel Vervoordt

An Egyptian Peridotite Torso of a Man

Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C.

the back pillar with trapezoidal top, and carved with an inscription translating, in the five columns, ”Hathor-Neb(et)-Hetepet (i.e. Lady of Hetepet) and Atum of the August Sycomore in Hetepet…;…he/his…,the Golden One, the Majesty/Person of the West (?), Lady (?), of the August Sycomore, Golden One, who embraces every heart(?)…; Great One (?); Greetings, Opener (i.e. Revealer) of the Face (?)…he/his…Grain-Goddess Lofty of Heart, who comes(?) as(?) the Lady of (?) the Eye(?)…,” and in the three lines at the top, “Hes-Sheri (i.e. Hes Jr.), Venerated One of Atum of the August Sycomore in Hetep (et)”

Height 14 cm.