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Block statue of Nesmin

The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom. These statues were used in temples typically as funerary monuments of non-royal yet important individuals. Block statues consist of a man squatting with his knees drawn up to his chest and his arms folded on top his knees.

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This block statue of Nesmin, son of di Horus and Tadineferet, testifies the  survival of the type until the Ptolemaic Period.

Provenance: Palagi Collection
Datation: First Ptolemaic Period (end of 4th-early 3rd sec. BC)
Material: diabase
Dimensions: cm 29,8 x 13,5 x 17,3
Inventory #: EG 1827

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