The Seated Scribe
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the-seated-scribe-181-8174826
title:
The Seated Scribe
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The sculpture of the Seated Scribe or Squatting Scribe is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art. It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Serapeum of Saqqara, in 1850, and dated to the period of the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty, c. 2450–2325 BCE or the 4th Dynasty, 2620–2500 BCE. It is now in the Louvre. It is a painted limestone statue, the eyes inlaid with rock crystal, magnesite, coppe
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Egyptian sculpture dating from the Old Kingdom period
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seated_Scribe
date created:
2006-08-08T19:35:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T18:49:19Z
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