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Part of the base of a statue of Djesernetjeru
General Information

Inscribed portion of the pedestal from a statue of a deity. This inscription has been cut at an unknown date from the corner of a statue of a god, one in a series created for the jubilee of king Amenhotep III in c.1360 BC.

Number 1896:19
Storing Place National Museum of Ireland - Dublin - Ireland
Material Granite
Type Statue
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place East Bank - Luxor - Egypt
Width 16.5 cm
Height 31.5 cm
Thickness 14 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
General Comments

The god is named in the hieroglyphic inscription as Djesernetjeru, lord of the jubilee, an obscure deity whose principal role may have been only to protect one part of the jubilee rites.

Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

nswt bity nb-mAat-ra di anx mry Dsr-nTrw nb Hb-sd


Translation

Dual king Nebmaatra given life, beloved of Djesernetjeru lord of the sed-festival.

Scientific Publishing

M. Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III, (Dublin, 1910), 60.

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