Figure of a Striding Man

Second Intermediate Period

ca. 1650–1550 BC

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 114

This little figure, broken mid-calf, has a squat, rectangular head capped by a bagwig, thin arms, and large fisted hands. He wears a shendyt-kilt. He belongs to a group of similarly posed, small figurines made for lower-level members of Egyptian society, who had the means to commission modest artworks either for their burial places or as temple donations.

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Title: Figure of a Striding Man
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Date: ca. 1650–1550 BC
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Serpentinite
Dimensions: H. 10 × W. 4 × D. 2.7 cm (3 15/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Object Number: 2021.41.132
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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