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Seated Statue of Petamenhotep
JE 36578 Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Alabaster
Size: Height 98 cm; Width 30 cm
Location: Karnak
Period: Late 25th or Early 26th Dynasty (7th Century
BC)
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During the Late
Period, and especially between the25th
and 26th
Dynasties, there was a tendency in Egyptian art to
fall back on the past. Hence, this is somewhat of an
archaic pose of a Late Period Scribe, who also wears
clothing styles and a wig type that date back to the Old
Kingdom.
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Photographer: Unknown
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