The Statue of Minnakht, the God’s Father of Mut in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (CG 624 - JE 27585)

This article discusses the private statue of Minnakht, which is currently preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The statue owner holds the title of ‘the god’s father of Mut’ ỉt-nṯr n Mwt. The statue likely dates to the mid-18 th Dynasty based on its stylistic and iconographic features, the inscriptions on the kilt, and the decorations on the sides. The provenance of the statue is debated, but it is generally believed to have originated from the broader area of Thebes. The inscriptions on the sides of the seat and the back pillar are unique based on their exclusively funerary nature and their reference to the well-known Book of the Twelve Caverns. Although there have been many scholarly discussions surrounding this composition and multiple published translations of the texts inscribed on CG 624 by Piankoff and Allen, this paper marks the first time the statue is closely examined as a whole despite its importance. [Formula: see text]