AR / ITEM / 00100187
Statue of the Royal Scribe Rahotep
Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown
Painted travertine statue of the royal scribe Rahotep seated cross-legged, preserving the elite scribal identity central to Old Kingdom administration.
- Date
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Collection
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Reference
- 1127
Plate not recorded
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Record
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster); pigment
- Dimensions
- Height 32.5 cm; width 16 cm; length 24.5 cm
- Origin
- Egypt
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptA
- Culture of origin
- Old Kingdom of EgyptA
Provenance and history
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
CreatedA
Sources
- A
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