| Padiiset's Statue | |
| Material: | Basalt |
| Writing: | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
| Created: | 1780–1700 BC (Inscription: 900–850 BC) |
| Discovered: | 1894 |
| Location: | Walters Art Museum |
| Id: | 22203 |
Padiiset's Statue or Pateese's Statue,[1] also described as the Statue of a vizier usurped by Padiiset, is a basalt statue found in 1894 in an unknown location in the Egyptian delta[2] which includes an inscription referring to trade between Canaan and the Peleset (Philistines) and Ancient Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period.[3] [4] [5] It was purchased by Henry Walters in 1928, and is now in the Walters Art Museum.
It is the second – and 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.[6]
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.