By Jacqueline Engel
Ramessenakht was the High Priest of Amun during the second half of the 20th Dynasty.
This statue depicts him in the customary pose of a scribe with crossed leg and a roll of papyrus spread over his knees and a cane pen that was once in his right hand, now lost.
Behind the head of the priest appears the head of a baboon that symbols Thoth, god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment.
The papyrus roll encloses ten hieroglyphic lines indicating the titles of Ramessenakht and his father the scribe Merybastet .
The hieroglyphic inscriptions on the base of the statue indicate that it was dedicated to Ramessenakht and his son Nesamun , who also became the High Priest of Amun .
20th dynasty, from Karnak
Egyptian Museum Caïro.
LA CIVILTA' EGIZIA 