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| Keywords: Egyptian - Seated Figure of Nefer-hotep - Walters 22214 - Three Quarter.jpg This statue is of a non-royal seated man with hands held flat against his thighs The face is triangular with modeled brows The eyes are set into shallow narrow sockets The lids of the eyes are indicated by two modeled ridges Sculpture patrons of the Middle Kingdom favored the use of hard dark stones and compact block-like forms to insure the long-term survival of their statues The texts on the front of the shendyt and on the sides of the seat request offerings and record Neferhotep's name and titles as well as his parentage The deity invoked to secure the offerings is the deceased king who founded the Middle Kingdom Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II 11th Dynasty ca 1750 1700 BC Second Intermediate granodiorite cm 53 15 29 accession number 22 214 27934 Giovanni Dattari Cairo Dattari Collection Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris 1912 no 294 pl XXVIII Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Inscription place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian second intermediate period | ||||
