This statue of the Second Dynasty pharaoh Khasekhem is one of the earliest example of royal statuary from Egypt. Carved from green schist, the statue was recovered from the site of Hierakonpolis by J.E. Quibell in 1898. Around the base are depictions of enemies which the king has slain. The front panel indicates a total of 48,205 victims. The king’s name is inscribed between his feet. Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 32161). Photographed in January 2024.
The statue is similar to another statue from the same locale currently in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford carved from limestone.
Created from 117 photographs (Canon EOS Rebel T7i) using Metashape 1.8.4 with clean up in Blender 2.92. The figure’s right side and back are slightly “warped” because of the bad lighting conditions on that side of the museum display case.
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