id:			101365
accession number:	1920.1978
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1978
updated:		2022-09-10 09:11:33.961000

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
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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
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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
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measurements: Overall: 43 x 14 x 23.2 cm (16 15/16 x 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Brooklyn 1960-61, no. 61

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PROVENANCE

	Memphite area. Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, through Howard Carter
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 422-3
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