Upper half of a sandstone statuette of king Seti I represented as - TopicsExpress



          

Upper half of a sandstone statuette of king Seti I represented as a standardbearer. XIX Dynasty, provenance unknown. Museo Egizio, Florence, inventory number 1794. The king wears a round curly wig with a fillet crown and uraeus, and a finely pleated tunic. On the chin is the cermonial beard, called dua-wer in egyptian.On top of the head there is a hole where once a separate ornament (a double crown ?) was inserted. In the right hand he holds the heqa(t) scepter and with the left a staff terminating in the head of a deity wearing a double crown. Statues of Seti I are very rare ; only six are known (identified by inscriptions), and probably some of the loose heads in the Abydos temple are from statues of this king.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:15:55 +0000

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