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Shabaka and Amenirdis

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• Μπουφίδης, Νικόλαος

This short article is the first of a series, whose purpose is to make known some masterpieces of the Egyptian Collection of the National Museum in Athens.I. The so-called « Ethiopian » Pharaohs in Egypt : This royal family, whose genealogy is given on p 1 a n 1 is represented by the following statuettes and objects of the Collection :IT a) Athens NM (ANE 632 ) (figs. 4-5). Kneeling bronze statuette of king Shabaka ( s3 - b3 - k3 ) ( p 1 a n 2 ) Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period (25th Dynasty, ca. 700 B.C.). H. 0.155 m. Provenance unknown ( E- gypt ). Demetrio Collection, 1880.b) Athens NM ( ANE 6405 ) ( f i g s. 6-7,). Scarab of King Nefer - ka - ra( Nfr-k3-Rc ) (Shabaka). Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period ( 25th Dyn., ca. 700 B.C. ). Glazed steatite (?): 0.035X 0.024 m. Provenance unknown (Egypt). Rostovits Collection, 1904.Inscribed as follows: Nswt bjtj Nfr- k3 - Rc nb jrj ht « King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nefer-ka-ra ( Shabaka ), the Lord, the maker of things».c) Athens NM (ANE 1006) (fig. 8 a), Ram’s head amulet of brown jasper, glazed ( H. 0.036 m. ). Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period ( 25th Dyn., ca. 712-663 B.C. ). Provenance unknown (Egypt). Demetrio Collection, 1880- 1884.III. Athens ( Property of the M. Liza Zaimi, granddaughter of Pho- kion Negris ) (figs. 9-10). Bronze knife ( or razor? ) of Queen Amenirdis ( Jmn-jr-rdj-s ) (fig. 1 ). Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period ( 25th Dyn., 700 B.C. ). L. 0.243 m. Provenance unknown (Egypt, 1918?).Inscribed as follows : [Dw3].t ntr Jmn-jr-rdj-s «[Adoratrix] of the God, Amenirdis ».IV. a) Athens NM ( ANE 965 ) ( f i g. 11, a ). Head of a statuette ( possibly of King Taharqa ). Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period ( 25th Dyn., 680 B.C. ). Bronze. H. 0.03 m. Provenance unknown ( E- gypt ). Demetrio Collection, 1884.b) Athens NM ( ANE 633 ) (fig. 11, β). Bronze statuette of King Taharqa. Ethiopian ( Kushite ) period ( 25th Dyn., 680 B.C. ). H. 0.122 m. Provenance unknown ( Egypt ). Demetrio Collection, 1880.c) Athens NM (ANE 638 ) (fig. 11, γ ). Bronze statuette of a King, or Prince ( possibly Psamtik I, see also fig. 3). Saitic period (26th Dyn., ca. 660 B.C. ). H. 0.093 m. Provenance unknown ( Egypt ). Demetrio Collection, 1880.

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