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Standard-bearing statue of Sa-aset

19th Dynasty, reign of Merenptah, ca. 1235 BC, Presumably from Asyut

 

 

Standard-bearing statue of Sa-aset

Standard-bearing statues made their first appearance at the end of the 12th Dynasty. Only kings and high-ranking officials were depicted carrying gods’ standards. The long staff topped with the head of a jackal is an emblem of the god Wepwawet. Erecting such a statue expressed the owner’s worship of the god. Saaset (Siese) was an overseer of granaries.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Raum IX

Object data

Object Name

Statue

Culture

Ägyptisch

Period

New Kingdom

Dated

19th Dynasty, reign of Merenptah, ca. 1235 BC

Material

Granodiorite

Dimensions

H 105 cm, B 35 cm, T 36 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Inv. No.

Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 34

Provenance

1851, gift of Anton von Laurin

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