Head and Torso of a Statue of a Woman Seated
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
A considerable number of female sculptures of this type were created during the Twelfth Dynasty. When complete, they were about an ancient Egyptian cubit high (20.7 inches) and showed a seated young woman in a sheath dress and a tripartite wig or a Hathoric wig with curled ends. Often, although not here, a royal uraeus (cobra) is seen above the forehead. Representing elite or royal women, the works were dedicated to temples or placed in funerary cult chambers.
A considerable number of female sculptures of this type were created during the Twelfth Dynasty. When complete, they were about an ancient Egyptian cubit high (20.7 inches) and showed a seated young woman in a sheath dress and a tripartite wig or a Hathoric wig with curled ends. Often, although not here, a royal uraeus (cobra) is seen above the forehead. Representing elite or royal women, the works were dedicated to temples or placed in funerary cult chambers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Head and Torso of a Statue of a Woman Seated
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Mid Dynasty 12
- Date: ca. 1919-1878 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Diorite
- Dimensions: H. 22.9 cm (9 in.); W. 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); D. 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art