figure
- Museum number
- EA29671
- Description
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Diorite figure of the male official Sobeknakht, depicted sitting cross-legged on a slim rectangular base.
He wears a shoulder-length striated wig tucked behind his oversized ears. His eyes have a heavy upper eyelid and thick eyebrows conveyed in raised relief. His nose and mouth are broad, and he has full, pursed lips. His face is fleshy and rounded, and his head is raised creating an upward gaze. His upper body is bare, with subtle modelling of the chest muscles and a slim vertical line at the abdomen. His left hand is placed flat against his chest, while his right hand rests on his leg. He wears a short knee-length kilt, and his lower legs are crossed with the feet tucked underneath. Along the right side of the statue base is a single line of inscribed text reading from right to left.
There are small cracks in the stone at the top of the wig, upper body and legs, and also visible around the base.
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Width: 7.97 centimetres
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Depth: 11 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Potential dates have been proposed for the figure based on stylistic features such as the oversized ears, typically ranging from the later phases of the Twelfth Dynasty (PM VIII) towards the early Thirteenth Dynasty (Budge 1922; 1930). Another figure named Sobeknakht with the same mother's name is known from the reign of Amenemhat III and associated with the area of Abydos.
Further Bibliography:
W. Seipel, 1992. Gott, Mensch, Pharao (Vienna), p. 188-189, no. 58.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005-2006 Oct-Feb, Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Mummy: The Inside Story
2006 7 Mar-6 Aug, Mobile (Alabama), Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mummy: The Inside Story
2006-2007 6 Oct-18 Feb, Tokyo, National Museum of Nature and Science, Mummy: The Inside Story
2007 17 Mar-17 Jun, Kobe City Museum, Mummy: The Inside Story
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA29671
- Registration number
- 1898,0312.78
