ABSTRACT
These statuettes were cut in greenish basalt of fine grain, loved by the artists of New Empire and Saite Period above all other stones. They formed part of Salt collection, and are now exhibited in the Louvre. The face has a particular character which struck Egyptologists long since; it is short, wide at height of the eyes, rounded at bottom. The inscription engraved on base tells us that he was named A, son of Hapi, and that besides his sacerdotal functions he possessed the dignity of director of the two store-houses of the money. The Turin papyrus informs us of the nature of his office. The directors of these establishments must have occupied a fairly high rank in the Egyptian hierarchy. It reminds me of several priests of the Saite Period. It is broken too high up for us to determine if it belonged to a standing statue like the Pharaoh, or a crouching figure like the third monument.
