The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 32. Senusert I34. Foreign type 33. Senusert III35. Amenemhat III THE STATUARY original inscriptions ; and, as clearly, these figuresare older than the Hyksos. The type is distin-guished by an extreme muscularity of the face, deep-ly cut, powerful lips with strong flexures, and thelong nose, not very prominent, but broad. All thesepoints are much in excess of such features on anystatue of a named Egyptian king. Some similari-ties may be seen in the type of Senusert III andAmenemhat III (figs. 33, 35); but these latter aremuch less strong and unconventio
The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 32. Senusert I34. Foreign type 33. Senusert III35. Amenemhat III THE STATUARY original inscriptions ; and, as clearly, these figuresare older than the Hyksos. The type is distin-guished by an extreme muscularity of the face, deep-ly cut, powerful lips with strong flexures, and thelong nose, not very prominent, but broad. All thesepoints are much in excess of such features on anystatue of a named Egyptian king. Some similari-ties may be seen in the type of Senusert III andAmenemhat III (figs. 33, 35); but these latter aremuch less strong and unconventional. It is prob-able that some of the stock of fig. 34 has gone toform the type of figs. ^^ and 35, but it is impossibleto see in them a uniform single type. It seems mostprobable that fig. 34 belongs to an invading peoplefrom Syria during the decadence of the Old Kingdom,between the Vllth and Xth dynasties; but untilsome example with an original name may be found,it is useless to be more definite. It is noticeablehow all of the heads of
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