This statue of Sety, a scribe and superintendent of the treasury, is an early example of a non-royal person shown kneeling. The figure's pose, the obelisk-shaped back pillar (a solar symbol), and the inscribed prayer to the sun god Re indicate that the statue was set into a niche above Sety's tomb, facing east to greet the sunrise. Later kneeling figures of this type often hold a stela inscribed with a prayer, eliminating the need for clumsy stone bridges like the ones that reinforce the hand in this work.
Medium: Limestone, painted
Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1478-1458 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Brooklyn Museum
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