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Statue of Meryra
Unknownca 1400–1352 BC
The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE
Riga, Latvia
Meryra was the financial officer of the 18th dynasty pharaoh (c. 1400–1352 BC). The stele in front of the statue contains a petition for favour to the sun god Ra and lists all the titles and responsibilities of the official in the court. The statue was intended to be placed in a tomb and was designed according to the canons developed by the priests, following the principles of strict symmetry and generalization of the image.
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Details
- Title: Statue of Meryra
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator Lifespan: c.1400-1352 BC
- Date: ca 1400–1352 BC
- Location Created: Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 67 x 38.5 x 24 cm
- Period: New Kingdom
- History: Till 1916 (?) in Count Alexander von Lieven's collection; till 1940 in the collection of Kurland Provincial Museum. Acquired in 1950 from the University of Latvia
- Dynasty: Dynasty XVIII; Reign of Thutmose IV, or more probably Amehotep III
- Type: Sculptures
- Rights: Latvian National Museum of Art
- Medium: Granite
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