Keywords: Egyptian - A Worshipper Kneeling Before the God Anubis - Walters 54400 - Three Quarter View.jpg A bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god Anubis facing a kneeling worshiper He has the head of a jackal and the body of a human male The piece has been cast in three sections and then joined The eyes of Anubis are inlaid with gold and there are traces of gilding on the shoulders wrists ankles neck wig and ears The gilding was delicately applied to the eyes eyebrows and muzzle but in other areas it appears to have been applied in a more careless fashion The piece is well preserved in general but there is a break on the lower back corner of the base and there is some green and bright blue corrosion on the lower side of the base A hieroglyphic inscription runs around the main base the base of the Anubis figure and along the back pillar of the worshiper identifying the dedicant as one Wdja-Hor-resnet son of Ankh-pa-khered who is asking for the blessings of the god Anubis The figure of Anubis is in a striding position with his proper left leg advanced His proper right arm hangs at his side and the right hand is clenched into a fist with the thumb protruding The proper left arm is raised and bent at the elbow and there is a drilled hole in the hand for the insertion of an object Earlier photographs of this piece in Darresy's Statues de Divinités show that the missing object was a was scepter He wears a tripartite wig shendyt with deep pleats and a striated belt A broad collar armlets and bracelets are incised and gilded Anklets are suggested by the gilding around the ankles but they are not incised The musculature of the limbs and the torso is clearly defined The ears of the god are large and the inner detailing has been carefully modeled The muzzle comes to a delicate point accentuating the skillfully modeled eyes sweeping brows nose and mouth There are two cobras at the feet of the deity facing the worshipper The proper right cobra wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the left cobra wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt The head of the left cobra is raised slightly higher than that of the right A worshipper kneels before the god with his back against an inscribed pillar which is pyramidal at the top He kneels with both knees down on a flat rectangular base which is attached to the larger main base below He extends his hands to the god palms down He wears a shendyt but the pleats are not carved with the same precision that is seen on the shendyt of the god The bent knees are squared off unnaturally and the legs blend together below the shendyt He has an inscribed broad collar He also wears a skull cap the front line of which is clearly marked across his brow The face is round with full cheeks and no definition of the chin The ears are large and set high The eyes are natural and do not have cosmetic brows The nose is straight and the mouth is small with slightly pursed lips The overall surface of the worshipper is pitted whereas the figure of Anubis has a high polish ca 680 660 BC Late Period bronze with gilt gold inlay cm 20 8 14 4 5 2 accession number 54 400 5710 Egyptian Museum Sale Cairo JE 38518 Maison Nadaud Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Translation May Anubis give life health long life and great and good old age to Wdja-Hor-resnet son of Ankh-pa-khered whose mother is Ta-gemiw t who is born made of the Mistress of the house Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew / May Anubis give life to Wdje-hor-resnet son of Ankh-pa-khered / May Anubis who is before the place of the divine booth give life health strength a long life and a great old age and happiness to the son of Ankh-pa-khered whose mother is Ta-gemiw t who is Mistress of the House Hy-inty for Pen-pa-djew place of origin Temple of Amun at Karnak Cachette at Karnak Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Anubis Statues of the Egyptian late period Egyptian-cnḫ wá¸3 snb |