Upper part of a male seated figure ca. 1800–1650 Middle Kingdom This head and half of a torso preserves the upper part of the figure of a seated official. The full sculpture would likely have shown the man with his legs folded in front of him and his hands resting on his lap. The official’s age and status are indicated by his soft musculature and underscored by the rolls of fat visible on his chest. It is possible that the statue was deliberately broken, with the eyes, nose, and mouth mutilated to ritually "deactivate" Upper part of a male seated figure. ca. 1800–1650 Fine-grai
Upper part of a male seated figure ca. 1800–1650 Middle Kingdom This head and half of a torso preserves the upper part of the figure of a seated official. The full sculpture would likely have shown the man with his legs folded in front of him and his hands resting on his lap. The official’s age and status are indicated by his soft musculature and underscored by the rolls of fat visible on his chest. It is possible that the statue was deliberately broken, with the eyes, nose, and mouth mutilated to ritually "deactivate" Upper part of a male seated figure. ca. 1800–1650 Fine-grained grey stone (graywacke?). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. late Dynasty 12–Dynasty 13
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