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Statuette of Simoet

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden, Netherlands

Simoet is "scribe of the treasure house of the Lord of the Two Lands". This kind of 'sitting' statuettes were made ​​the Egyptians since the Middle Kingdom. It is unclear why people were portrayed this way. Maybe it had a religious significance. The form probably symbolized resurrection from the dead.

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