Seated statue of amenemhat iii

  • Seated statue of amenemhat iii

    • Stele of the royal scribe ipi!

    Seated statue of amenemhat iii

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  • Stele of the royal scribe ipi
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    • Head of a Colossal Statue of Amenemhat III Seated

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    Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.

    Middle Kingdom

    Not on view

    This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.

    Bubastis, the Nile Delta city sacred to the feline goddess Bastet, was an important trading center and governor’s residence beginning in the Old Kingdom.

    It was later the seat of the Twenty-second Dynasty, whose fifth ruler, Osorkon II (ca.

    Seated statue of amenemhat iii for sale

    874–850 b.c.), had his name inscribed on the lower part of this statue (British Museum, London; see photo). Remains of a companion colossus are now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The widely distanced eyes, narrow-bridged nose, double bow–shaped upper lip, and triangular indentations on the chin show that this