| Period: | | Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, Amenemhat II/Nebukaure |
| Dating: | | 1929 BC–1895 BC |
| Origin: | | Egypt, |
| Material: | | Wood (undetermined) |
| Physical: | | 20.2cm. (7.9 in.) - 273 g. (9.6 oz.) |
| Catalog: | | WOD.XL.00172 |
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Wooden statuette of King Amen-Em-Hat II, shown in daily life, wearing a robe on which is woven his ‘Royal Name of Horus’ Nub-Kaw-Ra (“How golden are the spirits of Ra”). The state of preservation of this 3,900 year-old statue is remarkable.
"The only known statue of this king is preserved at the Louvre. It was found in Tanis... Unfortunately, it was so badly restored that it is hardly possible to use it to study Amenhmat II’s iconography... Nevertheless, he is very much like the statues from the Delta: the full cheeks, the modeling of the cheekbones and lower eyelids, the full mouth framed with deep furrows, the shape of the eyes... The idealized eyebrows are not horizontal here, but rather slope gently towards the nose” (Vandier, 1958:180-181).
Third king of the 12th Dynasty, Amen-Em-Hat reigned thirty four years. Under his rule, and that of his son Senusret II, Egypt enjoyed an uninterrupted period of peace and started to play a key political and diplomatic role in the Near-East. Its brand of colonialism was softened and made more reciprocal, resulting in improved relations with local powers in remote areas of the empire. Egypt also opened up to oriental influences, which became perceptible in its civilization and art, and skilled labor from abroad flowed into Egypt.
The 12th Dynasty is the classical age of the Egyptian civilization. At peace with its neighbors, in a general context of regional and internal stability, Egypt was free to focus on the development and organization of its economy, and the expansion of its arable acreage through irrigation (Fayum), resulting in the creation of wealth, considerable innovation in the arts, and the greatest flourishing of its literature.
Bibliography (for this item)
British Museum, The
1975 A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections In the British Museum (reprinting of the 1964 edition). British Museum Publications, London, United Kingdom.
Grimal, Nicolas
1988 Histoire de l’Egypte ancienne. Fayard, Paris, France.
Khalil, Hassan M.
1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ([1]265)
Vandier, J
1958 Manuel d’Archeologie Egyptienne. Tome III: Les grandes époques—la statuaire. A. et J. Picard, Paris, France.
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