bm-ancient-art: Irukaptah and his Family, ca. 2455–2425 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Cla
bm-ancient-art: Irukaptah and his Family, ca. 2455–2425 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern ArtLimestone statue of a man, his wife and child (son). The man is shown striding with his left foot forward and his hands clenched at his sides to hold “emblematic staves”. He wears a short wig the bottom of which slants downwards towards the rear. His kilt is half pleated. Kneeling by his side and clasping his left leg is a small representation of his wife. Standing by his right side is his nude son, with the sidelock of childhood, holding a finger to his mouth. Condition: Back bottom and sides of base roughly hewn. Figure of owner battered and pitted on sides, shoulders and arms. Nose missing.Size: 29 × 10 × 9 ½ in., 60 lb. (73.7 × 25.4 × 24.1 cm, 27.22kg)Medium: Limestone, pigmenthttps://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3935 -- source link
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