Striding Figure

Period: Old Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 4

Date: ca. 2575–2465 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Southern Upper Egypt, Elkab

Medium: Quartzite, paint

Dimensions: H. 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.)

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1962

Accession Number: 62.200

Description

The forceful features and developed musculature of this figure are very striking. Traces of paint indicate that he had a moustache and wore a broad collar.

The statue has recently been identified as one probably from a tomb at the southern site of El Kab that may date from the early Fourth Dynasty. The style, which has no good parallels in Old Kingdom statues found at Saqqara and Giza, would seem to reflect a regional style.

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