Material Basalt Discovered 1894 Identification 22203 | Writing Egyptian hieroglyphs Present location Walters Art Museum | |
Created 1780-1700 BC (Inscription: 900-850 BC) | ||
Padiiset's Statue or Pateese's Statue, also described as the Statue of a vizier usurped by Padiiset, is a basalt statue found in 1894 in the Egyptian delta which includes an inscription referring to trade between Canaan and Ancient Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. It was purchased by Henry Walters in 1928, and is now in the Walters Art Museum.
It is the last known Egyptian reference to Canaan, coming more than 300 years after the preceding known inscription.
The statue is made of black basalt and measures 30.5 x 10.25 x 11.5 cm, and was created in the Middle Kingdom period to commemorate a government vizier. Scholars believe that a millennium later the original inscription was erased and replaced with inscriptions on the front and back representing "Pa-di-iset, son of Apy" and worshipping the gods Osiris, Horus, and Isis.
The inscriptions read:
Ka of Osiris: Pa-di-iset, the justified, son of Apy.
The only renowned one, the impartial envoy/commissioner/messenger of/for Canaan of/for Peleset, Pa-di-iset, son of Apy.