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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Statuette of Sennefer

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Statuette of Sennefer

Middle Kingdom artists often combined traditional Egyptian forms with innovative stylistic and iconographic features. This figure’s pose—seated cross-legged on the ground with his hands on his lap—first appeared hundreds of years earlier in Dynasty 5 of the Old Kingdom. The wide wig and pudgy face, however, are hallmarks of early Dynasty 12.

Medium: Limestone, painted
Place Made: Egypt
Dates: ca. 1938-1837 B.C.E.
Dynasty: early XII Dynasty-middle XII Dynasty
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 4 13/16 in. (16.5 x 7.9 x 12.2 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 11.658
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Front, 11.658_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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