Man squatting with head resting on his hands on his knees

Man squatting with head resting on his hands on his knees

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This statuette belongs to a late type from Egypt seen in limestone or bronze depicting a nude individual resting with his hands and head on one or both knees. One interpretation connects these with mourners depicted in earlier tomb reliefs. There are also small faience figures from Rhodes sometimes termed 'temple boys'' that are related in pose, as well as Hellenistic statuettes of 'Ethiopians' apparently representing crouching and waiting servants. This figure's large head, haggard features and fatigue are notable; a servant is probably intended, but the meaning of his fatigue or dejection is not clear to us.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man squatting with head resting on his hands on his kneesMan squatting with head resting on his hands on his kneesMan squatting with head resting on his hands on his kneesMan squatting with head resting on his hands on his kneesMan squatting with head resting on his hands on his knees

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.