| Title |
Sesostris I |
| Building |
Tomb |
| Location City/State |
Lisht |
| Location Country |
Egypt |
| Style Period |
Ancient Egypt: Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) |
| Patron |
Sesostris I |
| Description |
three-quarter view; the king wears the white Crown of Upper Egypt and holds in his left hand the Heka, crook-shaped scepter of the ruler, while his right hand might have held the Sekhem scepter, symbol of authority, found in a room within the enclosure wall of chancellor Imhotep's tomb near the pyramid of Sesostris I |
| Creation Date |
1971 - 1929 BCE (Dynasty 12) |
| Form |
statue |
| Medium |
painted wood (cedar) |
| Dimensions |
H: 56 cm |
| Repository |
Egyptian Museum, JE 44951, Cairo (Egypt) |
| Source |
Slide Library 115 -Ancient Near East Sites incl Egypt |
| Work ID |
1402 |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nk6qvf |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
27244 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nk6qvf |
