The statue was originally carved for an official of the Thutmoside period (1500-1400), as indicated by the style of the face, the almond-shaped eyes slanted towards the nose, and the arched eyebrows. The inscription, which describes the man as “the god’s favorite, beloved by the Lord of the Two Lands [i.e., the king] in his quality of royal scribe”, was partially erased, depriving us of his name. In the Ramesside era (1292-1076), the sculpture was reworked, but only the body and the right side of the wig were updated to the new style; the statue remained unfinished, with the reworked surface left rough.
