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| Keywords: Egyptian - Statuette of a Kneeling King - Walters 542093 - Three Quarter.jpg One of the main duties of the Egyptian king was to perform rituals for the gods There are many representations which show him either standing or kneeling with offerings in his hands or in a gesture of adoration This kneeling king is dressed in the royal Nemes headdress a royal shendyt and an elaborate collar The figure has lost the inserted cobra serpent above the forehead the arms and the offerings in his hands ca 900 700 BC Third Intermediate bronze cm 20 6 5 9 accession number 54 2093 5113 Henry Walters Baltimore 1924 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 The belt of the king contains a cartouche with the name User-maat-Ra setep-en-Amen This name was very common for kings of the Ramesside and Third Intermediate periods place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian third intermediate period | ||||
