Statuette of Hori in the Brooklyn Museum, August 2007

Statuette of Hori
Faience
New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX, circa 1295-1185 BC
Provenance not known
Accession # 37.257E

Fashioned much like a funerary figurine, or shabti, this statuette of a man named Hori features the fastidious braided wig and loose, flowing, tightly pleated garments found in sculpture of late Dynasty XVIII and especially Dynasty XIX. In his right hand Hori holds a scribal palette, and in his left he clutches a either a papyrus roll or a short, stout staff. Interestingly, although the inscription is damaged, enough survives to indicate that Hori was not a scribe.

Text from the Brooklyn Museum label.