Arm of life-size statue

Arm of life-size statue

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This powerfully modeled arm from a life-size statue was found in the tomb of a high official. Because of its size, the arm probably did not belong to a statue depicting the tomb owner, but rather to a royal sculpture. It is likely a displaced piece from a statue of Senwosret I that originally stood in his pyramid complex nearby.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.