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

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Seated Statuette of Sekhemka

Medium: Diorite and painted limestone
Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt
Dates: ca. 2400-2345 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late V Dynasty
Period: Old Kingdom
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (38.7 x 20 x 41.3 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 37.23E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Front, 37.23E_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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