Statue of the great doctor “Ni Ankh Ra.”
The statue is made of limestone. Hermann Juncker found this statue in his tomb in Giza, and it is now deposited in the Egyptian Museum.
History: The statue dates back to the ancient state, the Sixth Dynasty
Ni Ankhre lived during the Sixth Dynasty and bore many titles such as chief royal physician and chief scribe of the king.
Description of the statue:
The statue represents Ni Ankhre in a sitting position, wearing a wig and an apron. He notices that his sitting is strange. We find him raising his left leg and attaching his right foot to it, uncomfortable sitting as if he was about to sit.
Scholars differed in determining the goal or reason that made the artist depict Ni Ankhre as follows:
1 – Juncker sees that Ni Ankhra suffered from a disease in his legs that prevented him from sitting in a normal position. Still, some oppose this opinion, especially that the one who wears the alias must have the human body’s ideal, but this case is rare.
2- Or perhaps he is preparing to put his leg on the ground, intending to sit, especially since the official body and the short apron tire the wearer, so you find him tightening in the apron and expanding in it so that he can sit on the ground, so the artist’s eye is like a camera that photographed him in this strange session
3- The artist intended to raise the leg to make room for the names and titles to be written on the statue
4- This situation is more reverent in the presence of the gods