Female figure from a group statue ca. 1981–1640 Middle Kingdom One of two female figures that flanked the legs of a larger seated male statue, this was found — together with its companion female figure (, b) and fragments of other statues — in a shaft within the funerary enclosure of Senwosretankh at Lisht South. Senwosretankh’s mastaba dates to the late years of Senwosret I or the early years of his successor Amenemhat II. However judging by its style, this figure was created during the later Middle Kingdom. The complete piece must therefore have been dedicated during a time when

Female figure from a group statue ca. 1981–1640 Middle Kingdom One of two female figures that flanked the legs of a larger seated male statue, this was found — together with its companion female figure (, b) and fragments of other statues — in a shaft within the funerary enclosure of Senwosretankh at Lisht South. Senwosretankh’s mastaba dates to the late years of Senwosret I or the early years of his successor Amenemhat II. However judging by its style, this figure was created during the later Middle Kingdom. The complete piece must therefore have been dedicated during a time when additional burials were made in the woman stands, wearing a close-fitting sheath dress, with the front parts of her wig ending over her breasts in two large curls, a hair style often associated with the goddess Female figure from a group statue. ca. 1981–1640 Quartzite. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, tomb of Senwosretankh, Pit 23, MMA excavations, 1932–33. Dynasty 12–13

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