Scribe Statue of Min-nakht

ca. 1500-1450 BCE (New Kingdom, early 18th dynasty)

12.7 cm 19.5 cm 16 cm

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Min-nakht is reading the papyrus on his lap. One of the first New Kingdom sculptures of this type, Min-nakht's statue was inspired by early Middle Kingdom style, including his large, prominent ears and his wig. The inscription on the papyrus records Min-nakht's name and his...

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Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 1606; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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