Kneeling statue of Amenemopetemhat Amenemope-em-hat 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓊒𓏏𓅓𓄂𓏏𓏤𓀼 “ı͗mn-mp-m-ḥ3.t” was director of the Singers of the North 𓎕𓏏𓏭𓈇 “mḥty” and Overseer 𓄓𓏤 or 𓅓𓂋 “mr” of the Singers 𓎛𓎿𓋴𓀁𓁐 “ḥsy” of Amenemope. The second title was inherited from his father 𓇋𓏏𓆑 “it”, whose equally fine statue 𓂙𓏏𓏭𓀾 “ḫnty” has recently been discovered at Tanis 𓆓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓊖 “ḏˁn.t”, where there was a cult of Amenemope, a form of the god Amun. The first title implies wider authority. Amenemope-em-hat holds before him the cult object of the cow-eared goddess Hathor 𓉡 “ḥw.t-ḥr” ‘The Temple of Horus’. The proportions of this figure, its muscularity, and such details as the slanted ridges of the collarbone and the shallow depression down the center of the torso represent a conscious attempt in the Late Period to emulate the classic works of the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Period: Late Period, Saite Dynasty: Dynasty 26 Reign: reign of Psamtik I Date: 664–610 B.C. Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Ptah Temple Medium: Meta-Greywacke Dimensions: H. 64.5 × W. 32 × D. 40.5 cm, 101.6 kg (25 3/8 × 12 5/8 × 15 15/16 in., 224 lb.) 📸 @metmuseum and description 𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬 @egyptologylessons 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛 © 𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁 #Ancientegypt #ägypten #egyptology #egypte #egitto #埃及 #مصر #egipto #이집트 #egyptianstatue #saite #lateperiod #egyptianhistory #singer #meteopolitanmuseumofart (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh6QEIuiwG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
