Statue of Seated Scribe: Sema-Tawy-Tefnakht (lower section) (Primary Title)
Seated Scribe (torso) (Former Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Sema-tawy-tefnakht was the chief minister of Pharaoh Psamtik I, whose name is in the cartouches on the scribe’s shoulders. He is shown with a papyrus scroll, the most common writing surface for Egyptian scribes, stretched across his lap. The Egyptians considered alabaster rare and precious and made relatively few statues from this material on this scale.
Dynasty XXVI
Saite Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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