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EGYPTIAN BLACK GRANODIORITE TORSO OF A SEATED SCRIBE

Over his left shoulder hangs his palette and brush box.
Cf. Egypt’s Dazzling Sun, no. 44a; see also the scribal statue of the vizier, Mentuhotep, 1971-1926 BC. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Ex old French collection; private collection, Westlake Village, Ca.

Middle Kingdom, XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1782 BC

H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 205
BM0803C
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