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Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC) art
(click on the pictures to see larger images: the archaeological context is given where known)

royal sculpture

a queen

other examples

non-royal sculpture

other examples

Relief
royal relief
non-royal relief
Painting

Further reading on Middle Kingdom Art:

  • Bourriau 1988 (exhibition catalogue)
  • Evers 1929 (the fundamental study on Middle Kingdom sculpture and relief)
  • Fay 1996 (on sculpture under Amenemhat II)
  • Polz 1995 (on the royal sculpture of Senusret III and Amenemhat III)

 


 

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