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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Torso
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Torso

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian | Ptolemaic | Roman
DateNew Kingdom, Dyn. 18, reigns of Amenhotep II-Thutmose IV, 1427-1390 B.C.E.
MediumDiabase
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2252
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109
DescriptionThis fragment shows the torso of a man with two fat rolls under the breast. His arms, cut above the elbows, are stuck to his sides. He's wearing an armlet on each, and also three collars of disk beads.

Label TextTorso New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reigns of Amenhotep II-Thutmose IV, 1427-1390 B.C.E. Diabase Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2252 This sculpture was originally part of a full-length figure depicting an Egyptian nobleman-a high priest, perhaps, or one of the king's officials. The figure would probably have been shown kneeling or seated, his head crowned with a wide wig. The three gold-disk strands of the figure's shebyu collar-a gift from the king-attest to his elevated status, as do his armlets. The wavy lines on his stomach are rolls of fat, another sign of his wealth and social standing. The sculpture would have been placed in the nobleman's tomb or, with the king's assent, in the first court of a temple, a sacred venue otherwise reserved only for gods and kings.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Relief of a cow
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Statue of the Deceased
Dynasty 6, 2345-2181 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Tomb Lintel of Ihii
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Head
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Seated figure
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Shabti
Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069-664 B.C.
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Relief Figure
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 B.C.E.
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