This is the Seated Scribe which dates back to 2450- 2325 BCE. The Seated Scribe was found near the tomb of Kai which was placed near the Pharaoh so that he could become the scribe for the Pharaoh in the afterlife. The statue is very naturalistic and lifelike, the face and body are very defined and almost look real. The face on the statue looks old and wise, the statue looks very attentive as if it is listening intently on what you have to say. The body looks well fed and lacks muscle which indicates power and wealth as well as a life free from hard labor. The pupils are offset in the iris which give them an illusion of being in motion. The fact that the statue is a scribe means that he is literate and was important because he could read and write.

This painting is called Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt which dates back to 2450 to 2325 BCE. The painting is painted on limestone and is about 45 inches in height. The lines on the limestone are supposed to give the impression that you are watching through the reeds on the Nile. Ti was a court official whose job it was to oversee the hunt. On the painting he looks bigger then everyone else and is drawn in composite view which emphasizes his importance. Seth, the god of darkness was thought to have manifested himself into a hippo. The symbolic meaning of killing the hippo is ridding the afterlife of chaos which is why this was found in the tomb Ti. The men in the boat are just regular commoners and are shown in actions to show there lower status.