Statue from Tomb 383, Harageh, BSAE Excavations3D Model
This statue was found during excavations by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt in 1913-1914 of a Middle Kingdom cemetery at Harageh (Gebel Abusir). The statue dates to 12th Dynasty and would probably have been placed in an offering chapel above the deceased man’s tomb. The Egyptians believed that it represents the ka or spirit of the dead man which needed to be present at the ritual offerings of food and drink at the tomb to ensure the survival of the dead man in the afterlife.
The carving shows a man in a short wig wrapped in a long cloak. The damage to the front of the statue has removed the majority of the hieroglyphs which would have given the man’s name and probably his titles. On the back of the statue are carvings which were not noted in the original publication of the excavation of this site.
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