Image code: 31660

Khaemhat e Imhotep

One of the statuary groups in the Inner Chamber: the figures of Khaemhat and Imhotep (royal scribe, possibly related to Khaemhat) are depicted seated and are carved directly into the limestone in which the entire tomb is carved. The statues are damaged in several places and are covered with a black patina (the tomb was desecrated in ancient times and the patina is due to the fumes from the cooking fires related to the period when the tomb was used as a dwelling). Of the figure on the left, the head and most of the torso are lost. The one on the right wears a 'double' wig on his head, characteristic of the reign of Amenhotep III, and has his arms crossed at chest height. Around his neck he wears a wesekh collar and two heart-shaped amulets.

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