Title: The Chief of Police, Mentuhotep
Object type: Statue, seated Mentuhotep with short wig
Date: ca. 1981–1917 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I–Senwosret I
Medium: Granodiorite
Dimensions: H. 45.9 × W. 14.2 × D. 29.2 cm, 22.1 kg (18 1/16 × 5 9/16 × 11 1/2 in., 48.8 lb.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North cemetery south of pyramid south of House A1:4 Pit 898 MMA excavations, 1920–21 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Hieroglyphs, term: Police