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| Keywords: Egyptian - Sesostris III - Walters 22115 - Three Quarter Right.jpg Usually the sculptures of kings and queens have youthful confident contented and even slightly smiling facial expressions King Sesostris III broke dramatically with this tradition and his face shows signs of age concern and discontent He may have wished his sculptors to show him as the shepherd of his people heavily burdened by his care for their needs and the duties of monarchy Among the most important ancient Egyptian sculptures in the collection this statue is a classic representation of an Egyptian pharaoh He is shown wearing the nemes head cloth worn only by Egypt's monarchs with a uraeus protective serpent at the brow and a shendyit pleated skirt An unusual feature of this king's sculpture is the amulet suspended from a necklace ca 1850 BC Middle Kingdom black granite cm 60 96 18 57 36 51 approx accession number 22 115 18291 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Upper Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Senusret III | ||||
