Statue of a Seated male Figure

JE 30273 (CG 35) Cairo Antiquities Museum

Material: Painted Limestone
Size: Height: 61 cm
Location: Saqqara
Excavation: Antiquities Service Excavations of 1893
Period: Early 5th Dynasty (Middle of the 25th Century BC)

This is a very fine, though anonymous statue portraying a seated male. Note that one hand is clinched in a fist, while the other lays open. The head is also slightly too large for the body.

Photographer: Unknown

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