A collective statue of a senior employee, his family.

A collective statue of a senior employee, his family, his wife, and his son, the Old Kingdom, around 2371-2298 BC

Family group statue

Statues of the family from the ancient kingdom often portray the adult male as the largest figure, indicating his location as the head of the family. Here, a much smaller number of women prostrate to prostration and embracing her husband's leg in a traditional Egyptian gesture of love and support. The son of the couple is depicted naked with his hair at my side and a finger to his mouth - a standard way of indicating that he is a young child.

Catalog description

A limestone statue of a man, his wife, and his child (his son). The man appears stepping with his left foot forward and hands clinging to his side to hold "symbolic staves". He wears a short wig at the bottom below, towards the back. His intention is half folded. Kneeling next to him and clamping his left leg is a small representation of his wife. His naked son, right next to his childhood side, is holding a finger in his mouth. Condition: Almost lower back and sides of the base. The owner's number was beaten and pitted at the sides, shoulders and arms. The nose is missing.