Female figure from a group statue

Female figure from a group statue

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of two female figures that flanked the legs of a larger seated male statue, this was found — together with its companion female figure (33.1.6) and fragments of other statues — in a shaft within the funerary enclosure of Senwosretankh at Lisht South. Senwosretankh’s mastaba dates to the late years of Senwosret I or the early years of his successor Amenemhat II. However judging by its style, this figure was created during the later Middle Kingdom. The complete piece must therefore have been dedicated during a time when additional burials were made in the precinct. The woman stands, wearing a close-fitting sheath dress, with the front parts of her wig ending over her breasts in two large curls, a hair style often associated with the goddess Hathor.

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.