|
Statuette of Pepi
II
JE 50616 Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Alabaster
Size: Height: 16 cm
Location: Saqqara, South Funerary Temple of Pepi II
Excavation: G. Jequier's Excavations of 1926 - 1927
Period: 6th Dynasty, Reign of Pepi II (2246-2152 BC
|
|
Here, Pepi II is represented as a child in a pose that
is highly unusual in either private or royal statuary.
The fingers of his right hand, now missing, were once
held to the mouth in a classic Horus-child manner.
|
Photographer: Unknown
Click
Here for Picture of the Day Archive
Note: If you have a picture you would
like featured, please email to jimdunn@interoz.com
|
