Seated cross-legged, with rolls of belly fat, this painted statue differs from the ideal statues of pharaohs.
Seated Scribe, c. 2500 B.C.E., c. 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, painted limestone with rock crystal, magnesite, and copper/arsenic inlay for the eyes and wood for the nipples, found in Saqqara
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