Statuette of Amenaa

Statuette of Amenaa
Statuette of Amenaa
 

GEM Number

1257

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

12

Description

A steatite statuette of a man named Amenaa. It was discovered in Abydos and is dated on stylistic grounds to the Middle Kingdom. The statuette shows Amenaa standing, both arms hanging straight down by his side. He wears a wavy hair wig and a long kilt closed at the front from the navel to the calves. A single column of hieroglyphs, carved down the centre of his kilt, provides his name and epithet.

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Sohag
Steatite/Soap Stone

Height

22 cm

Width

7 cm

Length

8 cm