Male Tomb Figure
Titles
- Male Figure
Datec. 2350-2170 B.C.
GeographySaqqara, Egypt
MediumLimestone with traces of polychrome
Dimensions63 x 33 in. (160 x 83.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchase, 1930 (2896)
Object number2896
DescriptionLimestone wall relief, painted. Standing or walking male figure; legs and head facing left, torso facing front. Right arm is flexed, grasping staff; left arm, pendant, hand holding cord. Wears round collar, above-knee skirt flaring to a point at the left, near the end of the staff. Black locks of hair at shoulder and a square short beard. Splotches of red on body. Heiroglyphs form band at top of panel; 7 lines of writing; that at extreme right top having been deciphered as “Ankh-ny-nesuwt’ meaning : “The king lives for me.”Mounted in modern brown wood frame.
On View
On viewCollections
2500 - 2400 B.C.
CA. 1st - 5th century
3rd-4th Century
ca. 8th century BC
1st Century A.D.
