Old Kingdom Limestone Relief for Hen-Gegu

Origin: EgyptCirca: Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2323 BC to 2150 BC Dimensions: 14.65" Height x 8.1" Width x 1" Depth without frame (37.21 cm x 20.5 cm x 3.5 cm), 20.5" x 13" x 2" with frameMedium: Limestone Stone reliefs from the Old Kingdom such as this, were typically found in the door jambs for false doors in a funerary setting or tomb. Given the left facing direction of the striding figure we can presume that this example was from the right door jamb.  Sculpted in sunk relief, it preserves Hen-gegu, a Lector Priest of Thoth.  He faces left, wearing a short wig and a belted kilt, while holding a sekhem scepter in his lowered left hand and a staff out before him in his right.  Behind him we see a vertical border with periodically spaced horizontal lines, while above we can read the identifying inscription.