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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
DateNew Kingdom, Dyn. 18, reigns of Amenhotep II-Thutmose IV, 1427-1390 B.C.E.
MediumDiabase
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
ClassificationsEgyptian
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2252
Terms
  • Black
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On View
On view
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.
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Relief of a cow
Unknown
No Date
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Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
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Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Statue of the Deceased
Unknown
Dynasty 6, 2345-2181 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Tomb Lintel of Ihii
Unknown
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.
Wall fragment
Unknown
Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Head
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Seated figure
Unknown
No Date
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Relief Figure
Unknown
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Shabti
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069-664 B.C.
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