#15. Seated Scribe. Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. C. 2620-2500 B.C.E. Painted Limestone.

Form

-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

Content

--Contrast with the ideally portrayed pharaoh

Function

-Created for a tomb -Provisional for the ka

Context

Context

Additional Information

--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.