Block statue

[2] According to primary sources from the New Kingdom, the posture of the statue was possibly intended to resemble a guardian seated in the gateway of a temple.

[3] In addition, their simple shape provided ample flat surfaces for inscriptions of offerings and invocations.

Often, these men are wearing a "wide cloak" that reduces the body of the figure to a simple block-like shape.

[6] In 1903, more than 350 block statues were discovered by the French archaeologist Georges Legrain as part of the "Karnak cachette".

It is also equivalent to the earlier concept of the false door, where the ba-soul returned each day, to find the food offering.