FEMALE STATUETTE IN DIORITE Egyptian art, Third Intermediate Period, 25th dynasty, 760-655 BC Statuette of a woman, the daughter of a singer from the domain of Ptah, depicted in an archaizing style, standing with her arms at her sides, her legs partially missing, her face deliberately hammered, wearing a tripartite wig and a long sheath dress. She is leaning against a dorsal pillar inscribed on the back and sides with a column of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Visible damage. Height 23 cm high Source : Lenz Collection, Arcegno, Switzerland, 2004 Collection A. & E. Offermann, Cologne Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 19 November 2014: no. 87 (ill.) Collection of an amateur from Marseilles An Egyptian diorite female statuette, Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, 760-655 B.C.