A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO Dynasty XXX, reign of Nectanebo III, 360-343 B.C. Standing between the feet of a Horus falcon, the king wearing a nemes -headdress and uraeus, the palms of his hands resting on a long flared skirt, on which a column of hieroglyphs is lightly incised: "Son of Ptah, Nakhthorheb beloved of Imhotep son of Ptah", around the base a band of hieroglyphs reading from R-L and L-R: "The living Horus, beloved of the Two Lands, Protector of Egypt, the Two Ladies, pleasing to the gods, repelling the foreign lands, Horus of Gold..." 15in. (33.8cm.) high
A BASALT STATUE OF KING NECTANEBO Dynasty XXX, reign of Nectanebo III, 360-343 B.C. Standing between the feet of a Horus falcon, the king wearing a nemes -headdress and uraeus, the palms of his hands resting on a long flared skirt, on which a column of hieroglyphs is lightly incised: "Son of Ptah, Nakhthorheb beloved of Imhotep son of Ptah", around the base a band of hieroglyphs reading from R-L and L-R: "The living Horus, beloved of the Two Lands, Protector of Egypt, the Two Ladies, pleasing to the gods, repelling the foreign lands, Horus of Gold..." 15in. (33.8cm.) high
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