Hapi - San Jose, CA - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

This sculpture is in San Jose's San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. It is a replica cast from the original at the British Museum. The original is from the 22nd Dynasty. It depicts the god standing.... in back of what looks like a lectern. The plaque accompanying the work indicates that the god here has been given the face of the Pharaoh Osorkon II.
Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

Hapi was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt (fertile soil) on the river's banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. Some of the titles of Hapi were, Lord of the Fishes and Birds of the Marshes and Lord of the River Bringing Vegetation. He is typically depicted as a man with a large belly wearing a loincloth, having long hair and having pendulous, female-like breasts.

Mythology

Another depiction of Hapi, bearing offerings
The annual flooding of the Nile occasionally was said to be the Arrival of Hapi. Since this flooding provided fertile soil in an area that was otherwise desert, Hapi, as its patron, symbolised fertility. Due to his fertile nature he was sometimes considered the "father of the gods", and was considered to be a caring father who helped to maintain the balance of the cosmos, the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. He was thought to live within a cavern at the supposed source of the Nile near Aswan. The cult of Hapi was mainly located at the First Cataract named Elephantine. His priests were involved in rituals to ensure the steady levels of flow required from the annual flood. At Elephantine the official nilometer, a measuring device, was carefully monitored to predict the level of the flood, and his priests must have been intimately concerned with its monitoring.

Hapi was not regarded as the god of the Nile itself but of the inundation event. He was also considered a "friend of Geb" the Egyptian god of the earth, and the "lord of Neper", the god of grain."

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Where is original located?: British Museum, London Where is this replica located?: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose Who created the original?: Egyptian artists Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 900 BC Internet Link about Original: Not listed

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