Group Statuette
ca. 1675-after 1630 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
In the Thirteenth Dynasty, statues of "middleclass" Egyptians such as minor bureaucrats, servants, and artists frequently showed their subjects in family groups rather than individually. This badly damaged family statuette was made for a humble man (second from left) and his wife (second from right).
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Granite
- Medium
- granite
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 13
- Dimensions
- 7 3/8 x 5 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. (18.8 x 13.5 x 8.8 cm)
- Inscribed
- Style of inscription shows considerable hieratic influence.
- Accession Number
- 16.580.148
- Credit Line
- Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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