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The statuette being an element of a model scene represents a standing man with his arms folded; he has short-cropped hair and wears a long garment. The posture characteristic of minor household officials testifies to the position of the man as a kind of overseer. The quality of work is rather low.

The statuette being an element of a model scene represents a standing man with his arms folded; he has short-cropped hair and wears a long garment. The posture characteristic of minor household officials testifies to the position of the man as a kind of overseer. The quality of work is rather low.

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From the collection of Botkin; the date, place and method of acquisition are unrecorded.

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Bibliography

Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, p.51, cat.no.19, fig.22.
Landa N.B., Lapis I.A., Egyptian Antiquities in the Hermitage. Leningrad, 1974., pl.26.

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Preservation: 
The surface is worn, pigments entirely lost.

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