Man Standing

ca. 1780 BCE (Second Intermediate Period) H: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) Citation Source image

Hard stone statues were highly valued in ancient Egypt and were only available to the elite. This figure of a man in a long kilt, with both hands flat on the thighs in a gesture of prayer, was likely placed in a temple to attend rituals for the gods.The figure has a shaved hea...

Sculpture

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [claimed found at Kenna]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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