A 60 cm tall wooden statue of King Senusret I was found in the tomb of Imhotep, the chief priest
Senusert I is the second king of the Twelfth Dynasty and follows the ideal school.
The king appeared standing on a high base with his left foot forward. The views differed on the presentation of the left foot. He saw that it was presented in accordance with the customs and traditions of the statues of men and some saw for ease of sculpture and the other saw because the heart is on the left side of the body and others see it as the beginning of the military step )
The King wears a short royal robe and is covered with a light layer of white plaster. He has a hole in the bottom of his chin. The royal crown may have been worn. The king wears the crown of the south and holds his left hand with the left hand and may hold his right hand on the scepter.
As for the features of the face, it follows the ideal school that shows its owner at the age of youth without permanent wrinkles, which body wishes to be sent by the kings in the other world.
Presented at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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