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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Seated Statuette of Si-Hathor

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Seated Statuette of Si-Hathor

Under Amunemhat III, artists revived the Old Kingdom sculptural form of a male figure seated on the ground with his palms resting on his thighs. This form depicts the pious subject asking a funerary deity for offerings in the afterlife.

Medium: Limestone, painted
Reportedly From: Thebes, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1818-1630 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XII Dynasty-early XIII Dynasty
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 6 x 7 5/8 in. (26 x 15.2 x 19.4 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 37.97E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: 3/4 front right, 37.97E_threequarter_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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