20h 45min, feb 20, 2620 y BC - Seated Scribe
Description:
Painted limestone, copper,
Saqqara, Egypt
• Seated and holding a rolled papyrus, and a lost pen
• He’s a scribe and isn’t elite, eats well
• Depicted in a normal pose, contradicting most egyptian art
• Found in a tomb, making it important
• Also important because there is a sculpture of him
An elite person valued he so there was a statue made of him to be buried with someone
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Date:
20h 45min, feb 20, 2620 y BC
Now
~ 4648 years ago
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