King Mentuhotep (Dynasty XI)
This is a rare statue of Pharaoh Mentuhotep of the 11th dynasty. It is one of a group of eight statues that were found in his mortuary temple at Deir A1 Bahary, west of Luxor, beside Queen Hatshepsut’s temple built five centuries later.
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The sandstone statue, which is 2.3 meters high, represents the Pharaoh seated in the Osiris position wearing a white costume with his crown painted red. The colour of the body under the white cloak is olive black. The statue was found wrapped in bandages like a mummy and placed in a funerary niche in his monumental temple.
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