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| Keywords: Egyptian - Male Figure Standing - Walters 2225 - Three Quarter.jpg Ancient Egyptian men were generally represented in their tomb figures wearing a short or long shendyt Here the deceased is shown holding a corner of the shendyt with his right hand a gesture that became popular during the late Old Kingdom The statue is made of soft wood and has lost all of its paint ca 2250 BC late Old Kingdom wood H above base cm 28 7 accession number 22 25 33608 Said Bey Khashaba Cairo Museum date of acquisition unknown by excavation Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Carved for Immortality The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 place of origin Meir Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian Old Kingdom | ||||
