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A Worshipper Kneeling Before the God Anubis

Egypt, ca. 747-525 BCE (Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, 25th-26th dynasty)

Possibly from the Temple of Amun at Karnak

A
bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god Anubis facing a kneeling
worshiper. He has the head of a jackal and the body of a human male. The
piece has been cast in three sections and then joined. The eyes of
Anubis are inlaid with gold and there are traces of gilding on the
shoulders, wrists, ankles, neck, wig, and ears. The gilding was
delicately applied to the eyes, eyebrows and muzzle, but in other areas
it appears to have been applied in a more careless fashion. The piece is
well preserved in general but there is a break on the lower back corner
of the base and there is some green and bright blue corrosion on the
lower side of the base.

A hieroglyphic inscription runs around the main
base, the base of the Anubis figure and along the back pillar of the
worshiper, identifying the dedicant as one Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of
Ankh-pa-khered, who is asking for the blessings of the god Anubis.  […]

[Translation of the hieroglyphs] May Anubis, give life, health, long life and great
and good old age to Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose
mother is Ta-gemiw(t), who is born (made) of the Mistress of the house,
Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew./ May Anubis give life to Wdje-hor-resnet, son
of Ankh-pa-khered./ May Anubis, who is before the place of the divine
booth, give life, health, strength, a long life, and a great old age and
happiness to the son of Ankh-pa-khered, whose mother is Ta-gemiw(t),
who is Mistress of the House, Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew. 

From the Walters Art Museum