Part of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and Greek

Part of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and Greek

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This broken or partial base is inscribed with both an Egyptian dedication phrase and with a Greek dedication. The front of the base bears a scene of Amun and Mut opposite a man holding a cone shaped object. On rectangles in either upper corner are the Egyptian phrases "Amun give." And along one adjacent side is the phrase "Amun give life (to) Ber son of .... The father's name appears to have been removed. Below the hieroglyphs and on other surfaces is a Greek phrase "Melanthios consecrated me to Theban Zeus (i.e. Amon) as a gift." It seems the individual making the dedication had both an Egyptian and a Greek name, although there are other possibilities.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Part of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and GreekPart of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and GreekPart of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and GreekPart of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and GreekPart of a bronze statue base inscribed in Egyptian and Greek

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.