Torso of a High General

This statue's short kilt and striding pose are favored for the statues of high officials during the fourth century, and were certainly chosen for their evocation of the great tradition stretching back to the Old Kingdom. Although the owner's name is broken away, the long inscription indicates the individual had a high general's title, held offices at Busiris and performed restorations there and in Abydos for damages that resulted from "the foreigners," a description that must refer to the Persian occupation.Indeed, works at Abydos during dynasty 30 are documented by archaeological and inscriptional evidence. Moreover, the strongly modeled chest musculature and details of the style seem to fit well in Dynasty 30, perhaps even the reign of Nectanebo I (380–343 b.c.), suggesting that the statue's inscription may indeed be a contemporary account by a high military official.这座雕像的短围裙与跨步站姿，是公元前4世纪高阶官员雕像的经典造型，其选用无疑旨在唤起追溯至古王国（Old Kingdom）的伟大艺术传统。尽管雕像所有者的姓名已残损缺失，但长铭文显示该人物拥有高阶将军头衔，曾在布赛里斯（Busiris）任职，并因"外邦人"造成的破坏，在当地与阿拜多斯（Abydos）主持修复工程——此处的"外邦人"当指波斯占领时期的入侵者。事实上，阿拜多斯地区在第30王朝（Dynasty 30）时期的营建活动已有考古与铭文证据佐证。此外，雕像塑造饱满有力的胸部肌肉与风格细节，均与第30王朝的艺术特征高度契合，甚至可归入内克塔内布一世（Nectanebo I，公元前380—前343年）的统治时期，这表明该雕像的铭文或许确实出自一位高阶军事官员的同时代纪实手笔。