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The fleshy body symbolizes the Nile's fertility. Hapy holds a table of offerings, from which hang geese, quails, lotuses, pomegranates, and grapes. He presents his produce to Amun-Ra, in whose principal temple this statue stood. A relief behind Hapy's left leg shows who dedicated this statue; Sheshonq, high-priest of Amun-Ra in Thebes. He was designated heir to the throne of his father, Osorkon I. They briefly ruled together, but Sheshonq died 1st and he was buried in Tanis, then Egypt's capital. 22nd Dynasty, reign of Osorkon I, circa 924-889 BCE. From Thebes, Karnak, temple of Amun-Ra, Egypt. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, July 24). Statue of the Nile God Hapy. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5349/statue-of-the-nile-god-hapy/
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