Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III
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.
Artwork Details
- Title:Upper Part of a Seated Statue of Pharaoh Senwosret III or Amenemhat III
- Period:Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty:late Dynasty 12
- Reign:reign of Senwosret III or Amenemhat III
- Date:ca. 1878–1813 BC
- Geography:From Egypt
- Medium:Steatite or serpentinite
- Dimensions:H. 19.7 × W. 13 × D. 9.8 cm, 2.7 kg (7 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in., 6 lb.)
- Credit Line:Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
- Object Number:2021.41.124
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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