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Statuette of a kneeling man in a long garment tied under the breast; on the head he has a long wig opening his enormous ears exposed; hands are lying on the knees palms downwards. The features of his round face are treated carelessly in the traditions of the Middle Kingdom mass production.

Statuette of a kneeling man in a long garment tied under the breast; on the head he has a long wig opening his enormous ears exposed; hands are lying on the knees palms downwards. The features of his round face are treated carelessly in the traditions of the Middle Kingdom mass production.

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1909 - acquired by Turaev in Luxor;
1920 - acquired by the Hermitage with the collection of Turaev.

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Bibliography

Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, p.47, cat.no.11, fig.17.
Landa N.B., Lapis I.A., Egyptian Antiquities in the Hermitage. Leningrad, 1974, pl.24.

General Comment


Provenance: 
Stylistically close to statuettes from Abydos, cf. CG 408, 468, 482, 483.

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