Head of Wesirwer, Priest of MontuThe fragmentary inscription on the dorsal pillar of this head conta
Head of Wesirwer, Priest of MontuThe 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 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 27thDynasty (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.Late Period, 30th Dynasty, ca. 380-343 BC. Schist, from Thebes. Now in the Brooklyn Museum. 55.175 -- source link
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