id: 101365 accession number: 1920.1978 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1978 updated: 2023-01-10 18:12:28.646000 Naophorous Statue of the Finance Officer and Overseer of Fields, Horwedja, 521–486 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 27, probably reign of Darius I. Graywacke; overall: 43 x 14 x 23.2 cm (16 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1978 title: Naophorous Statue of the Finance Officer and Overseer of Fields, Horwedja title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 521–486 BC creation date earliest: -521 creation date latest: -486 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 27, probably reign of Darius I technique: graywacke department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Late Period type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 43 x 14 x 23.2 cm (16 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Brooklyn 1960-61, no. 61 --- PROVENANCE Memphite area. Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, through Howard Carter date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Naophorous (naos.bearing) statues show the subject holding a naos, or shrine, containing an image of a deity, in this case the god Ptah of Memphis. These statues were very popular during the Late Period. Almost invariably they are of hard stone, made to last for eternity. As finance officer under Darius I, Horwedja was in a good position to afford such a monument. Darius I was the second Persian king to rule over Egypt and the only one who seems to have had a genuine appreciation of the country. Egypt prospered under his rule, and the arts flourished. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 6 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n30 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 6 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n28 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 16 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n36 Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 422-3 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1978/1920.1978_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1978/1920.1978_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1978/1920.1978_full.tif