Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II at Egyptian Museum |
It symbolise the king while sitting upon his throne, enduring the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. He is finished in the close right white Heb-Sed dress. His black skin is a reference to the mortuary god Osiris, whose byssus the king is enduring as well. This and the fact that the statue was discovered underneath the king's mortuary temple, aims it in a funerary setting. The Heb-Sed dress was stood for for the Heb-Sed fetes that the king hoped to enjoy after death, for he took them to continue his life forever.
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