This exceptional example of private sculpture depicts a provincial official in almost royal size and attitude. It was found inside the largest funerary chapel in Qaw el-Kebir, built for the governor Wahka II around 1850 BC. The style indicates a date about one century later than Wahka II, at a time when local governors did not build large tombs anymore, as their predecessors had done, having lost power and autonomy. The statue was hence probably installed by another Wahka in the chapel of his ancestor, where he might have been buried himself, to keep the memory of his glorious lineage alive.
