Chifananidzo chekare cheEgypt chaFarao akagara-pamwe Amenemhat II-chichakweretwa kuThe Metropolitan Museum of Art neBerlin ane mukurumbira Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz kwenguva yemakore gumi, kutanga mwedzi uno. Chivezwa chakareba mamita 4,000, chinoda kusvika matani mapfumbamwe, chine makore 1837 XNUMX chakapinda mumiziyamu yeBerlin muna XNUMX. Nemhaka yebasa rokuvaka riri kuitwa iye zvino—kugadziridza chivanze cheMuseumsinsel (Museum Island) uko mifananidzo yave ichangobva kupfuura. yakaratidzwa-chifananidzo chaifanira kutamiswa, nokudaro zvichipa mukana weichi chikwereti chenguva refu. Chivezwa chichaenderera mberi chichionekwa muMetropolitan's Great Hall kwerinenge gore risati raendeswa muLila Acheson Wallace Galleries yeEgypt Art. Chivezwa cheMiddle Kingdom muenzaniso wakatanhamara wechiumbwa chakakura cheEgypt chekare, icho mienzaniso mishoma kwazvo inogona kuwanikwa mumamiziyamu eAmerica.
Thomas P. Campbell, Director uye CEO weMetropolitan Museum, vakati: “Nekuda kwerupo rwevatinoshanda navo muBerlin, chifananidzo chakanakisa ichi chichange chakwereteswa kuMet kwemakore gumi anotevera, zvichibvumira kuona kushoma pachiitiko chakadai. Chivezwa cheEgypt muUnited States. Kupemberera kusvika kwayo, tiri kuisa farao uyu wegore rinouya muImba yedu huru, uko ichashamisa vashanyi vedu uye nekuvakurudzira kuti vaongorore zvakaunganidzwa zveEgypt zveMet. "
Iro rimwe dombo redombo (granodiorite) kubva pakavezwa chivezwa chakacherwa kuAswan, ndokuzotumirwa kuchamhembe kupfuura mamaira anopfuura 500 kunzvimbo yeMemphis, pedyo neCairo yanhasi. Kuvezwa kwakapedzwa munzvimbo iyi, uye chifananidzo chacho chakamiswa mutemberi.
Chivezwa chacho chinoratidza mambo akagara—akapfeka keti chete muhudyu nepamusoro pemakumbo—pachigaro choumambo chisina kuoma che cubic chine chigaro chipfupi chakatwasuka. Rudzi rwegumbeze rakawaridzwa pamusoro pechigaro rakarembera kumashure. Muswe wehando wemhemberero uyo mafarao ose akapfeka-akanamatira mabhanhire avo, sechiratidzo chesimba ravo-inoonekwa pakati pemakumbo amambo. Pamusoro wake pane jira romusoro wamambo rainzi Nemes; uye pamusoro pehuma pane mhungu youmambo, inofananidzira simba rinotyisa romutongi. Farao anopfekawo mhemberero (dzenhema) ndebvu, uye muruoko rwake rworudyi akabata chidimbu chejira, iyo chiratidzo chechimiro (zvichida pakutanga jira rekupukuta ziya kubva pahuma).
Pahwaro hwechimiro, chivezwa chakapihwa kutonga kwe12th Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat II (c. 1919–1885 B.C.). Mazana emakore matanhatu gare gare, madzimambo echigumi nepfumbamwe Ramesses II (akatonga munenge muna 19–1279 B.C.) naMerneptah (akatonga munenge muna 1213–1213 B.C.) vakanga vaine mazita avo nezvinzvimbo zvakanyorwa pairi. (Panguva ino, chifananidzo chacho zvichida chakaendeswa kuPiramesse, guta guru remadzimambo eRamesside, kumabvazuva kweDelta.) Kora yakafara yakachekwa uye pectoral ine mazita aRamesses II, uye pasi payo Merneptah pabhokisi rechifananidzo. , anowedzerawo gare gare. Zvimwe zvezviso zvechiso-zvakadai semuromo nenzeve, pamwe nezvikamu zvemaziso, nemes, uye cobra-zvakashandurwawo kuti zvifanane nemifananidzo yaRamesses II. Chifananidzo chacho chakatamiswa zvakare, makore mazana maviri gare gare, kuTanis (zvino yava kunzi San el-Hagar), kunogara madzimambo eDzina 1203 ne200. Zvichida panguva ino zita raSeti mumazita aRamesses naMerneptah rakadzimwa, nokuti mwari uyu—kunyange zvazvo airemekedzwa paPiramesse—akanga ari munhu asinganzwisisike zvikuru. Tsika dzekugadzirisa pamativi ese echigaro chehushe dzinoratidza kuti chivezwa chinogona kunge chakatyoka panguva yekufambisa kubva kuPiramesse kuenda kuTanis. Mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 21, chifananidzo chakafukunurwa paTanis.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- “Thanks to the generosity of our colleagues in Berlin, this splendid statue will be on loan to the Met for the next ten years, allowing a very rare glimpse at such monumental Egyptian sculpture in the United States.
- The pharaoh also wears a ceremonial (false) beard, and in his right hand he holds a piece of cloth, which is a status symbol (perhaps originally a cloth to wipe sweat from the forehead).
- Some of the facial features—such as the mouth and ears, as well as portions of the eyes, nemes, and cobra—also were altered to resemble images of Ramesses II.
