This magnificent life-sized torso is inscribed for Amenpayom, the great overseer of troops, or general, of the Delta nome of Mendes. That such a masterpiece should have been created at the end of the Ptolemaic Period (305-30 bc) testifies to the high standards maintained down to the very last phases of Egyptian art. Enough remains to show that Amenpayom was represented in the traditional pose for men: left leg striding forward, arms at his sides, and supported by a back pillar. The separate areas of chest, rib cage, and abdomen were carefully smoothed into one harmonious form. The subtle, masterful treatment of the undulating musculature and meticulous, flawless polish are hallmarks of this period, when Egyptian artists reveled in the natural beauty of the human form
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<P>This magnificent life-sized torso is inscribed for Amenpayom, the great overseer of troops, or general, of the Delta nome of Mendes. That such a masterpiece should have been created at the end of the Ptolemaic Period (305-30 bc) testifies to the high standards maintained down to the very last phases of Egyptian art. Enough remains to show that Amenpayom was represented in the traditional pose for men: left leg striding forward, arms at his sides, and supported by a back pillar. The separate areas of chest, rib cage, and abdomen were carefully smoothed into one harmonious form. The subtle, masterful treatment of the undulating musculature and meticulous, flawless polish are hallmarks of this period, when Egyptian artists reveled in the natural beauty of the human form</p>
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