You wanna piece of me
Torso of a High General
4th century BC
Graywacke*
This statue's short kilt and striding pose eye favored for the the statues of high officials during the fourth century BC,and were certainly chosen for the evocation of the great tradition stretching back to the old kingdom.Although the owner's name is broken away,the long inscription indicates that the individual had a high general's title,held offices at Busiris,and performed restorations there and Abydos for damages that resulted from "the foreigners",a description that must refer to the Persian occupation.
Indeed works at Abydos during dynasty 30 are documented by archaeological and inscriptional evidence.Moreover,the strongly modeled chest and musculature and details of the style seem to fit well in Dynasty 30,perhaps even the reign of Nentanebo 1 (380-343 BC),suggesting that the statues inscription may indeed be a contemporary account by a high military official.
*graywacke is a dark coarse-grained sandstone containing more than 15 percent clay
You wanna piece of me
Torso of a High General
4th century BC
Graywacke*
This statue's short kilt and striding pose eye favored for the the statues of high officials during the fourth century BC,and were certainly chosen for the evocation of the great tradition stretching back to the old kingdom.Although the owner's name is broken away,the long inscription indicates that the individual had a high general's title,held offices at Busiris,and performed restorations there and Abydos for damages that resulted from "the foreigners",a description that must refer to the Persian occupation.
Indeed works at Abydos during dynasty 30 are documented by archaeological and inscriptional evidence.Moreover,the strongly modeled chest and musculature and details of the style seem to fit well in Dynasty 30,perhaps even the reign of Nentanebo 1 (380-343 BC),suggesting that the statues inscription may indeed be a contemporary account by a high military official.
*graywacke is a dark coarse-grained sandstone containing more than 15 percent clay