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This earlier, Middle Kingdom, royal bust again emphasizes the central role of the king in Egyptian civilization. The bust wears typical royal regalia, including a nemes headcloth, a blue and gold striped fabric headcover with lappets on either side of the chest). The uraeus (rearing cobra) displayed on the king’s forehead was, according to texts, a protective deity that spit fire at the pharaoh's enemies.

Uha and His Wife, Henutsen

Name: King Neferhotep

Material: Quartzite

Size:
Width: 40 cm (15.7 in)
Height: 48 cm (18.9 in)

Date: c. 1750 BCE, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13, reign of Neferhotep

Place of Origin: Abydos, Egypt

Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Source, Registration#, and Publication: Oriental Institute Museum, 16956.  Teeter, Emily, Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003.

Janet H. Johnson

Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology