Ka statue of king Hor

The Ka statue of King Hor dates to the Thirteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt around 1750 BC.

The statue is made of wood, that was once covered with a thin layer of stucco that is gone today.

The naos was once partly-adorned with gold foil and hieroglyphic inscriptions presenting the king's names, but these are today lost.

However the king reigned only very briefly; the temple was never built and the statue was placed into the tomb chamber.

[4] W. Stevenson Smith sees in the figure an idealized naturalism,[5] as other works of royal sculpture dating to about the late Twelfth Dynasty show often an elderly face, while that of Hor is idealized young.

The statue and its wooden naos (shrine), on display at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (2022)