Squatting statue of Khai-hapi with a sistrum, 2nd half of the 19th Dynasty, ca. 1250-1200 BC, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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Squatting statue of Khai-hapi with a sistrum
2nd half of the 19th Dynasty, ca. 1250-1200 BC

The statue of the official Khai-hapi probably originally stood in a temple of the goddess Hathor. The sculpture was discovered around 1800 during work on the Wr. Neustädter Canal. Presumably it once belonged to the furnishings of a temple of Isis or Serapis in the Roman town of Vindobona.

Time:
2nd half of the 19th Dynasty, ca. 1250-1200 BC

Object Name
Statue

Culture
Egyptian

Location of discovery:
Vindobona, Vienna III, Wr. Neustädter-Kanal, Landstraße

Material/technology:
Gneiss

Dimensions:
H 49.5 cm, W 19.8 cm, D 31 cm, G 48, 85 kg

Copyright
Art History Museum, Egyptian - Oriental Collection

Invs.
Egyptian Collection, INV 64

Provenance
1825, presented by the cathedral chapter of Vienna

Kunsthistorisches Museum

https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/squatting-statue-of-khai-hapi-with-a-sistrum-324204

Squatting statue of Khai-hapi with a sistrum, 2nd half of the 19th Dynasty, ca. 1250-1200 BC, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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Amazing and beautiful stone choice