Alabaster Statue of Pepy I

Alabaster Statue of Pepy I

The alabaster statue of Pepy I is a high statue about 26 centimetres, now at the Brooklyn Museum. This alabaster statue pictures King Pepy I seated on a throne. The throne itself is very simple and left plain, but it is made to resemble the hieroglyphic that represents the name of the goddess Isis, mother of Horus. The king jades the White Crown of Upper-Egypt and a garment that deals his upper body to his knees. This dress is mindful of the robe the king assumes during the Heb-Sed festival. In his hands, he holds the crook and the flail, additional signs of his royal house. The falcon sat behind him on the back of his throne represents Horus, the god of kingship. The king is therefore established under the security of or even as the enduring shape of Horus.