Statue
private statue
45.1cm
88.9cm
sandstone
66.0cm
The block statue of a large size made of limestone and representing Sa-tep-ihu sitting on a small pedestal with marked hands and feet. Hands and face are painted red with black eyes and a white and black wig. The features of the face are sculptured. A long inscription is incised in sunken relief running in lines from the front on the upper right to the feet and continuing in columns on the right side of the statue.
The statue was found opposite the central doorway of the tomb.
Found during the extavations performed by David Randall-MacIver and Arthur C. Mace for the Egypt Exploration Found in the season 1899-1900.
Museum object
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