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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] Bald Head Egyptian Priest [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Head_of_Wesirwer_Priest_of_the_God_Montu.jpg[/IMG] Wesirwer Priest of Montu The fragmentary inscription on the dorsal pillar of this head contains a rebus that reveals the owner's name—Wesirwer ("Osiris Is Great")—and part of his title. An inscription on a statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to which the head was originally attached (see photo) reveals that Wesirwer was a priest of the Theban god Montu. On the Cairo statue, Wesirwer holds figures of the Theban divine triad—Amun, king of the gods; Mut, his consort; and Khonsu, their child, a god of the moon. He sports an Achaemenid-, or Persian-, style garment, which had been introduced before Dynasty XXVII (circa 525–404 B.C.), a period of foreign occupation. The Brooklyn fragment belongs to a group of green-stone heads that combine both conventional and naturalistic facial details. Wesirwer's egg-shaped skull and almond eyes are standard elements of fourth-century works, but the serene gaze is a naturalizing element perhaps evocative of Wesirwer's piety [IMG]http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size3/55.175_SL3.jpg[/IMG] Priest of Montu Wesirwer [IMG]http://www.urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/wesirwer1.jpg[/IMG] Egyptian Priest of Montu Wesirwer [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Head_of_Wesirwer_Priest_of_the_God_Montu_3.jpg/385px-WLA_brooklynmuseum_Head_of_Wesirwer_Priest_of_the_God_Montu_3.jpg[/IMG] Priest Wesirwer [/QB][/QUOTE]
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