Statue of the Reporter in Thebes Sebekemsaf
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.
This statue of a weighty official—whose position was in a sense equivalent to a present-day government spokesperson—gives some indication of the power wielded by such administrators in the stressful times of the later Thirteenth Dynasty. The sculptor has placed a wise man’s bald head on broad shoulders and a bulky body covered by a bell-shaped kilt. Especially emphasized are the muscular, overlong arms and huge hands that reach down almost to the level of the knees.
This statue of a weighty official—whose position was in a sense equivalent to a present-day government spokesperson—gives some indication of the power wielded by such administrators in the stressful times of the later Thirteenth Dynasty. The sculptor has placed a wise man’s bald head on broad shoulders and a bulky body covered by a bell-shaped kilt. Especially emphasized are the muscular, overlong arms and huge hands that reach down almost to the level of the knees.
Artwork Details
- Title: Statue of the Reporter in Thebes Sebekemsaf
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 13
- Date: ca. 1802-1640 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Armant
- Medium: Black granite
- Dimensions: 59 1/16 × 16 15/16 × 24 3/16 in. (150 × 43 × 61.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art