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| Keywords: Egyptian - Itj-ibj - Walters 22142 - Three Quarter.jpg Discovered in the ancient necropolis or burial ground in Asyut in 1913 the statue is inscribed on either side of the block-like seat with the offering texts for Itj-ibj a minor official represented with a shoulder-length head covering and wearing a shendyt While early 12th Dynasty in style this impressive seated statue shows Itj-ibj in a classic pose copied from Old Kingdom sculpture hands balanced on his thighs the left flat and the right clenched in a fist holding a folded cloth Traces of red paint with white spots remain on the fleshy areas of the sculpture and it has been suggested that the exposed parts of the body were painted to make the limestone resemble red granite a more costly stone between 1976 1911 BC Middle Kingdom limestone with paint cm 66 20 38 3 accession number 22 142 26545 Joseph Brummer New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Gallery 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Translation An offering which the king gives to Anubis Lord of Re-qereret who is in the embalmment place Lord of the cemetary that he may give a good burial by the Treasurer Djefay-hapy to Iti-ibi born of My An offering which the king gives to Osiris Lord of Busiris the Great god Lord of Abydos on all his places that he may give mortuary offerings of bread beer oxen and fowl clothing alabaster to the Revered Itj-ibj place of origin Asyut Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the 12th dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian art from Asyut Ancient Egyptian art made from alabaster | ||||
