Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III

Middle Kingdom

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Middle Kingdom kings commissioned moderately sized seated or standing statues of themselves for display in temples throughout Egypt, a category to which this statue belongs. The pattern of the royal nemes headdress, remains of the hooded eye, the protruding mouth, and the prominent ears indicate that the statue represents Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, two pharaohs with distinctive physiognomy who ruled at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.

Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite

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Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite
Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite
Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite
Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite
Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite
Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III, Steatite or serpentinite

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