Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings
The inscription is a prayer for offerings to the funerary god Ptah-Sokar for Khnumhotep, son of Tasen (?). The figure's position, with the cloak drawn tightly over squatting legs, is echoed in a number of similar small images that were inserted into offering slabs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: late Dynasty 12– Dynasty 13
- Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Diorite
- Dimensions: h. 19 cm (7 1/2 in); w. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in)
- Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Louisine W. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.151
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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