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AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF KHETY
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XI-XIV, 2040-1640 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE FIGURE OF KHETY
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XI-XIV, 2040-1640 B.C.
Preserved from the waist down, joined to the upper body of a disparate but also ancient sculpture, depicted seated with his arms at his sides, his hands resting on his thighs, palms down, his sandaled feet apart, wearing a long belted kilt, his torso revealing folds of flesh, his striated shoulder-length wig tucked behind his prominent ears, his angular face with a wrinkled forehead and large lidded eyes beneath arching brows in relief, the thin nose and small mouth defined by naso-labial folds, the sides of the seat sunken in but for a right-angled brace in raised relief at the bottom rear corner, the low seat back with a rounded top, surmounted by a thin rectangular back pillar, all on an low integral plinth, with a column of hieroglyphs on the kilt, reading: "Beloved of his Lord, one who does that which Hathor praises/favors, the First Prophet, Khety, Possessor of Veneration," a column along the proper left side, reading: "One who does that which Hathor Lady of Atfih (Aphroditopolis) praises/favors in the course of every day, the First Prophet Khety," and a column along the proper right side, reading: "One who does that which...[Re-]Harakhty praises/favors the course of every day when he sets the West, the First Prophet Khety, Possessor of Veneration"
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XI-XIV, 2040-1640 B.C.
Preserved from the waist down, joined to the upper body of a disparate but also ancient sculpture, depicted seated with his arms at his sides, his hands resting on his thighs, palms down, his sandaled feet apart, wearing a long belted kilt, his torso revealing folds of flesh, his striated shoulder-length wig tucked behind his prominent ears, his angular face with a wrinkled forehead and large lidded eyes beneath arching brows in relief, the thin nose and small mouth defined by naso-labial folds, the sides of the seat sunken in but for a right-angled brace in raised relief at the bottom rear corner, the low seat back with a rounded top, surmounted by a thin rectangular back pillar, all on an low integral plinth, with a column of hieroglyphs on the kilt, reading: "Beloved of his Lord, one who does that which Hathor praises/favors, the First Prophet, Khety, Possessor of Veneration," a column along the proper left side, reading: "One who does that which Hathor Lady of Atfih (Aphroditopolis) praises/favors in the course of every day, the First Prophet Khety," and a column along the proper right side, reading: "One who does that which...[Re-]Harakhty praises/favors
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Possibly from Atfih (Aphroditopolis).
with Mahmoud el-Sadek, Attleboro, MA, 1982.
with Mahmoud el-Sadek, Attleboro, MA, 1982.
Literature
E. Brovarski, A Table of Offerings, 17 Years of Acquisitions of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art by William Kelly Simpson for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1987, p. 22-23.
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