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
1280/1368
1350/1360
1515/1535
16th Century
1307/1196 BC
1910/1911
14th Century
1634
1766
1509