Statue of Amenhotep I

Sai Island

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1525-1504 BC)

Sudan National Museum, Khartoum # 63/4/5

Description:

To either side of the king's legs, on the front of the throne and continuing on to the pedestal, are two neatly incised columns of inscription, enclosed in a narrow rectangular frame, the hieroglyphs facing inwards. The inscriptions, which read from top to bottom, give in each case the king's titulary, prenomen and nomen followed by an epithet and dedication to a god, one Egyptian, the other Nubian: 'The good god, lord of the two lands, lord of ritual, Djeserkara, son of Ra of his body, beloved of him. Amenhotep, given life, beloved of Amen-Ra, lord [of the thrones of the two lands]'; 'The good god, lord of the two lands, lord of ritual, Djeserkara, son of Ra of his body, beloved of him. Amenhotep, given life, beloved of Dedun, lord of

Ta-sety (Nubia)'.

Brooklyn Museum

Reference:

Sudan: Ancient Treasures, Derek A. Welsby and Julie R. Anderson, British Museum Press, p. 102 (2004)