Height 525 cm, OIM E14088 Photo ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2010 |
This tall statue is the first thing you see when you enter the Egyptian galleries at the Oriental Museum. It has a controversy surrounding it. The original parts are only the torso and head. It was restored in the 1930's following the model of a similar statue at the Cairo museum. I don't know if the following statue was that model, but the face still has many good details, including traces of paint:
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