Ptolemaic XXVI; Ptolemaic period, 8th century B.C.-A.D. 1st century
Inscriptions:
Inscription begins at right on front of pedestal, passing to left ends in middle of right side of pedestal. Nearly illegible but begins: "Harsiesis giving life (to ) Pete..."
in hieroglyphs, 'Harsiesus giving life . . .'
Physical Description:
God Harsiesis, bronze, black, Egyptian, Ptolemaic; walking, right hand raised to chin, lock of hair over right ear, crowned with double crown of the two lands and uraeus, inscription on pedestal, figure nude, amulet suspended from neck,
Credit:
Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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