A Fragmentary Serpentine or Steatite Figure of the Royal Scribe Amenemipet, 18th Dynasty, period of Amenhotep III, 1390-1353 B.C.

seated on the ground with both hands formerly resting on his lap, and wearing a broad belt and double wig of striated  and echeloned curls, with ample belly, his wide face with eyebrows and cosmetic lines in relief, the line of inscription remaining on the base translating "Military Scribe of the Lord of the Two Lands, Amenemipet," the two dowel holes in front perhaps for ancient repair or modern restoration.

Sotheby's, London, July 10th, 1990, no. 415, illus.
American private collection (Sotheby's, New York, June 25th, 1992, no. 29, illus.)

Jaromir Malek, Diana Magee, and Elizabeth Miles, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII, part II, Oxford, 1999, p. 564, no. 801-631-450

Fragmentary as shown, large chip on proper right forearm, note gash above proper left breast; chin, nose, and mouth somewhat abraded and rubbed, edges of base chipped, small nicks and scratches overall.
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Cf. W.C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, vol. II, New York, 1959, fig. 160, a smaller but complete example in serpentine. Also see G.D. Scott, The History and Development of the Ancient Egyptian Scribe Statue, doct. diss., Yale University, 1989.