Figurine of a dignitary

Figurine of a dignitary

This wooden figurine, which comes from the excavations of El-Harage in 1914, represents a man standing on a rectangular socle. Dressed in a long kilt forming three folds at the front, he leans on a staff which he holds in the left hand. The right hand, which is alongside the body, held an attribute which has disappeared. The person is particularly distinguished by a shaven head, large eyes, thick lips and large ears. The piece, which dates from the Middle Kingdom, bears many traces of stucco and of the colour black.

BENI SUEIF: EL-HARAGA

Inventory number E.5687

KMKG - MRAH

E. Engelbach et B. Gunn, Harageh, Londres 1923, pl. I et XVIII

J. Vandier, Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne, Paris 1958, III 229, 255, 267 et pl. LXXVI 5

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