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Description : An Egyptian bronze plaque for Amenirdis I, Late Dynastic Period, 25th Dynasty. Reign of Shabako -Shebitku, c.714-700 BC., 28 x 7.3 cm Provenance: Found in Memphis c.1900-01.Private collection Switzerland, acquired 1960sThe plaque engraved with a standing female figure identified by the cartouche below the was-scepter as Amenirdis I. The inscription reading 'The God's wife, the divine votaress, the God's hand Amenirdis, may she live.' The priestess, wearing a double plumed headdress with uraeus on her forehead, holds offerings in her outstretched arms. Amenirdis I, a Kushite princess, ruled as high priestess during the reigns of Shabako and Shebitku. On her death she was buried in a tomb in the grounds of Medinet Habu.This plaque was part of the hoard of bronze objects discovered by Daninos Pacha(excavations in Memphis, 1900-1901) and other 'diggers' before him. They were, however, originally from Thebes as Osiris who resides in Thebes and the God's wives of Amun are mentioned on some of them. According to G. Daressy, they were probably looted during the Persian invasion (525 B.C). The panels were probably set in offering stands or similar pieces of temple furniture. After the discovery, some of these objects went to the Cairo museum and some were sold on the art market with examples eventually acquired by a number of museums including Baltimore, Boston and the Louvre.Literature: For discussion of the group and illustrations of other examples see G. Daressy, 'Une trouvaille de bronze à Mit Rahineh', Annales du Service des Antiquités 3, 1902, p.142. Also Laurent Coulon, 'Les Plaques de Bronze Trouvées à Memphis par Daninos' in 'Egypte, Afrique and Orient', no.56, pp.53-64. An image of Amenirdis I can be seen on the walls of her chapel in the south of theenclosure at Medinet Habu.
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