Nakhti - Egypt Museum

Nakhti - Egypt Museum

Musée du Louvre. E 12002 With a quiet dignity and timeless simplicity, this finely carved wooden statue of Nakhti, a man of status in Middle Egypt, stands poised with his left foot slightly advanced, a convention in Ancient Egyptian art that gently implies vitality, movement, and readiness for eternity, often referred to as the “striding pose”. Discovered nestled beside his coffin in Tomb 7 at Asyut, the figure dates to the early 12th Dynasty, a…