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Middle Kingdom
The prayers for offering incised on the long kilt invoke the funerary god Ptah-Sokar and the deified king Snefru of the early Fourth dynasty. The high-waisted kilt and the shaved head are typical features of Thirteenth Dynasty statuary.
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Title: Statue of Khentika with Shaved Head
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Memphite Region, Dahshur
Medium: Black diorite
Dimensions: h. 27 cm (10 5/8 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1962
Accession Number: 62.77
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