Seated Statue of Neferhotep II
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Description
Two royal statues of a king named Neferhotep II/Mersekhemre were discovered in 1904 by G. Legrain in the Karnak Cache (CK104, CK42). The identity of this king is still in doubt as he could be associated with Mersekhemre/Ined of the Turin Canon, who would have reigned from Memphis over Middle and Upper Egypt while the Hyksos’ Dynasty 14 or 15 controlled large parts of the Delta. In this statue, the enthroned Neferhotep II appears with a broken crown. He wears the traditional royal kilt and the false beard. His arms are resting, palms down, on his knees. The statue is void of inscriptions except for the two columns of text, carved on the two jambs of the throne, reading the king’s name and royal titulary.