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A mummiform ushabti in blue faience. Four registers of hieroglyphic characters are painted around the lower half of the ushabti, with a vertical column of hieroglyphs in the centre of the back. The inscription dedicates the ushabti to the royal scribe Imenmes, son of Pendjerty. The details of the hands and facial features are also added with black paint. The ushabti stands in typical fashion, with hands crossed over the chest, each holding a hoe, and with a seed bag over the proper left shoulder.
The name Imenmes, or Amenmose, means ‘Amen is born’. The dedicatee of this ushabti was a royal scribe from the time of Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 B.C.). Imenmes was the son of the judge Pendjerty and Mutemonet (or Iny), the sistrum bearer of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. He is known from several monuments, including statues now in the British Museum (EA137), the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum (INV 5749), and the Manchester University Museum. His Theban tomb (TT373) was discovered in 1948 under some houses in Khokha. The tomb describes Imenmes as ‘The royal scribe, whom the king appointed(?) as head of the temples, Amenmose, (born of) Iny’. This may mean that Imenmes was an inspector of temples and could explain why his monuments have been found in so many different regions of Egypt.1 Several of the objects dedicated to Imenmes, including his tomb, feature the goddess Neith in a prominent position. This could be a reference to Esna, Neith’s major cult centre and the birthplace of Imenmes’ father.
Provenance
Previously in the Private Collection of General Antoine-Joseph Veaux (1764-1817), France, acquired while on the Egyptian expedition with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Private Collection of Pierre Coste, France, acquired from the above in 1798.
Thence by descent to his daughter, Laura Gauthier.
Thence by descent to her daughter, Jeanne Gauthier.
Thence by descent to her son, Paul Henri Mollandin de Boissy.
Thence by descent to his son, Henri Mollandin de Boissy (1897-1972), Marseilles, France, accompanied by a handwritten note in 1972 or before.
Thence by descent to his daughter, Eliane Denante (d. 2022), Tarascon, France.
Thence by descent to her daughter, Sylvie Denante, France, accompanied by a signed letter & by French cultural passport 242720.
ALR: S00235321, with IADAA Certificate, this item has been checked against the Interpol database.
- Dimensions:Height: 5.44 in (13.8 cm)Width: 1.89 in (4.8 cm)Depth: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)
- Style:Egyptian (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Faience
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:19th Dynasty, 1290-1279 B.C., New Kingdom
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5517239280482
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