Block Statue of Hetep
Granodiorite.
Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb of Hetep.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, Reign of Amenemhat I (1991 - 1962 BCE).
Hetep served in the court of the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat I, and built his tomb near the pyramid of the Old Kingdom ruler Teti, in whose funerary cult he also functioned. The two statues in Hetep's chapel introduced a new form of statuary, perhaps based on representations of members of the elite, sitting in chairs, carried by their servants.
Block Statue of Hetep
Granodiorite.
Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb of Hetep.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, Reign of Amenemhat I (1991 - 1962 BCE).
Hetep served in the court of the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat I, and built his tomb near the pyramid of the Old Kingdom ruler Teti, in whose funerary cult he also functioned. The two statues in Hetep's chapel introduced a new form of statuary, perhaps based on representations of members of the elite, sitting in chairs, carried by their servants.