Statue of King Amenhotep III and God Sobek, detail

This statue is carved from calcite (Egyptian alabaster) and was found in the Temple of Sobek at Dahamsha during 1967 by workers digging of the Armant Canal in a shaft closed by the sandstone slab - the slab slid into place on two bronze wheels.

The King is wearing the nemes headdress, with the uraeus and royal beard. New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Luxor Museum.