-He is not a pharaoh -Realistic rather than idealistic -Color still remains on the sculpture -Amazingly lifelike but not a sculpture -Thin angular face -Hold papyrus in his lap; his writing instrument in hand ready to write
--Contrast with the ideally portrayed pharaoh
-Created for a tomb -Provisional for the ka
Context
--The sensitivity and naturalism it is carved with creates a portrait of an alert and intelligent individual. -With no throne to support him and his unappealing body, we know that he is a lower-ranked individual.