Seated Scribe
Datethis is 1350 BC
Object PlaceEgypt, North Africa, Africa
Mediummarble
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions2 1/2 inches × 45 inches (6.35 × 114.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass and Miss Constance Haass
Object number4E
DescriptionSeated figure with one leg folded beneath and the other raised at the knee. In the left hand, he holds a papyrus scroll which is unscrolled and draped from the raised knee across the lap. The right hand is cupped in a gesture of writing. The head is lowered and the gaze fixed to view the scroll. The figure is wearing a short-sleeved tunic and a stylized double wig.On View
Not on viewCollections
- Egyptian Objects from the DIA
Locations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Ancient
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Raife Kalibdjian Freres (dealer), Paris, 1925
Purchased by Mrs. Haass in 1925.
early 1st Century AD
150/100 BC
2600/2000 BC
late 5th Century BC
1st Century AD
6th Century BC
c. 604 BC