Sculpture in the round

Statuette of Senwosret

Statuette of Senwosret
view: front

Basalt statuette of Senwosret, seated on a cube representing a throne. His arms are crossed, with his left palm flat against his chest and a double sash clasped in his right hand. He wears a long garment and a tripartite wig.


Statuette of an unidentified man

Statuette of an unidentified man
view: front

Upper part of a statuette of a man walking with left foot to the front. His arms are pendent with the palms of his hands flat on the thighs. He wears a long kilt wrapped around his waist and tied at the front. He wears a tripartite wig.


Dyad of Amenophis I and Ahmose Nefertiry

Dyad of Amenophis I and Ahmose Nefertiry
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Black steatite dyad of the king Amenophis I standing beside his mother the queen Ahmose Nefertiry. The statuette is incomplete; the head of Amenophis I and other parts are missing.


Statuette of Amenophis III

Statuette of Amenophis III
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Incomplete statuette of the king Amenophis III, with most of the head and limbs missing. He is standing with his left foot to the front and his arms pendent. He has a beard and wears a wesekh collar around his neck and an armlet of three bands around his left upper arm.


Statuette of Nefertem

Statuette of Nefertem
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Statuette of Nefertem, seated on a throne. His arms are bent, with his right palm flat against his thigh and his left hand clenched slightly. He wears a short pleated shendyt kilt from his navel to his knees and a tripartite wig.


Statuette of sphinx

Statuette of sphinx
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Sphinx statue of Tuthmosis IV, with front legs, beard and part of the face missing. Tuthmosis IV wears a nemes headdress pulled tight across the forehead and tied at the back, with a flap hanging at both sides; the nemes is surmounted by an uraeus, worn on the forehead.


Sculptor's trial piece

Sculptor's trial piece
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Limestone sculptor's or apprentice's trial piece, worked on both sides.


Stelephorous statue of Mery-Ptah

Stelephorous statue of Mery-Ptah
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Stelephorous statue of Ptahmeri, high-priest of the god Amun and royal official. He wears a long bag-tunic with short sleeves and has a beard and hair in the style of the 18th Dynasty. He is kneeling on both knees and is holding a round-topped stela in front of him with both hands.


Block statue of Seneb

Block statue of Seneb
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Block statue of Seneb, squatting on the ground with his legs tucked up to his body. His feet can be seen protruding from under a long-sleeved garment and his arms are crossed with palms flat on his knees.


Statuette of servant girl, carrying an unguent jar

Statuette of servant girl, carrying an unguent jar
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Cosmetic container in the form of a finely carved boxwood statuette of a naked servant girl walking and carrying a large jar on her left hip. The statuette stands on a rectangular wooden pedestal. Her head is shaved except for one lock of hair painted on the right side of the head.


Ivory head

Ivory head
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This small ivory carving of a face shows closed eyes, a strong nose and small horizontal mouth.


Figure of drummer

Figure of drummer
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This figure of a seated drummer has lost its original base. The elongated ovoid head and coiffure is typical of Mangbetu style, and the large ears sit high up on the side of the head. Facial features show cowrie-shaped eyes and full lips, unfortunately the nose has been damaged.


Statue of Paser

Statue of Paser
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Black granite statue of Paser kneeling, on a rounded plinth. Paser wears a tripartite wig and false beard and a long wrap-around kilt from chest to ankles, that appears to have straps that are tied at the back of the neck. There is an inscription on both his right and left upper arms.


Statuette of Imset, Son of Horus

Statuette of Imset, Son of Horus
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Painted and gilded wooden funerary statuette of the human-headed Imset, one of four Sons of Horus.


Statuette of Duamutef, Son of Horus

Statuette of Duamutef, Son of Horus
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Painted wooden funerary statuette of the jackal-headed Duamutef, one of four Sons of Horus.


Funerary statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris

Funerary statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
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Elaborately painted wooden funerary statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, standing on a wooden base.


Statuette of naked female on bed

Statuette of naked female on bed
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Terracotta statuette of a naked woman lying on a bed, moulded in high relief. The woman lies on her back, with her right arm resting on her chest and her left arm under a small child lying at her side. The bed has four legs and was decorated with stripes of red paint on blue.


Statuette of Osiris

statuette of Osiris
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Statuette of Osiris with his arms crossed across his chest, a flail in his left hand and a crook in his right hand. He wears a broad collar and an atef-crown with an uraeus on the front, with the head missing. The eyes, eyebrows, crown, beard strap and crook appear to have been inlaid.


Sculpture of the face of Bes

sculpture of the face of Bes
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Sandstone sculpture of the face of the dwarf-god Bes. Bes is depicted as having a broad face with large eyes, furrowed brow, rounded ears, full lips, large nose and a curly beard.


Statuette of Thoth

statuette of Thoth
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Turquoise and brown mottled faience amuletic statuette of the ibis-headed god Thoth.