Seated Statue of King Senwosret I (ca. 1961–1917 B.C.) | Middle Kingdom The sensitive modeling of this statue's 𓂙𓏏𓏭𓀾 “ḫnty” body 𓄡𓏏𓏤 “ẖ.t” makes it one of the finest royal images 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓏪 “twt.w” of the early Twelfth 𓎆𓏻 Dynasty. The head 𓁷𓏤 “ḥr” had either broken off or was removed from the body in antiquity. A horizontal, albeit roughened plane, was carefully prepared at neck 𓄊𓏏𓏤𓄼 “wsr.t” height and a hole was drilled in its center so that a new head could be placed onto the body. Was this undertaken to replace a broken head, or to change the identity of the person represented? The shallow inscriptions and incised representations on the sides of the throne 𓊨𓏏𓉐 “s.t” were certainly changed and what we now see is a second 𓊕 “nw” version: no royal 𓇓 “sw” name 𓂋𓈖 “rn” is preserved among 𓅓𓅓𓂟 “mm” the traces of the earlier version, but the second version shows displays the royal names with titles of the king. On the sides you can see two kneeling gods facing each other, which are representative of the lands of upper 𓇗 “šmˁ” and lower 𓇇 “mḥw” Egypt - Beloved Land 𓇾𓌸𓂋𓆵𓇋𓊖𓊖 “t3-mrı͗”, indicated by the plant emblems on their heads. On the back of the base a large carving of the unification of Egypt symbol 𓋍 “sm3”. 𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬 📸 @egyptologylessons 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛 © (@metmuseum and description) 𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁 #Ancientegypt #ägypten #egyptianhistory #egyptology #hieroglyphs #egypte #egitto #埃及 #مصر #egipto #이집트 #senusreti #egyptianstatue #greywacke #pharaoh #metropolitanmuseumofart https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtH_7uOWLR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=