A cross-legged man sits with a half-unrolled papyrus across his lap, his right hand poised as if to write. His face is alert and individual, his body soft and well fed, a sign of comfortable status. Auguste Mariette found the statue at Saqqara in 1850; who he was is unknown, since his name was probably carved on a larger base that is now lost.
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The eyes are polished rock crystal set in white magnesite and held by copper clips. The reed brush once in his right hand is missing.
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