Focus on Ka statue of king Hor and analyze the Significance.
Ancient Egyptians believed they had several types of souls or spirits. The Ka was the most important and the statue shows the king as his Ka. Dorothea Arnold observed that many offerings were found around the statue. She wonders whether the statue was once made for the king's cult temple. However the king reigned only very briefly; the temple was never built and the statue was placed into the tomb chamber.As an important work of art, the statue appears in many art histories of Ancient Egypt. W. Stevenson Smith sees in the figure an idealized naturalism, as other works of royal sculpture dating to about the late Twelfth Dynasty show often an elderly face, while that of Hor is idealized young.
Dorothea Arnold W. Stevenson Smith Ancient Egypt Hor Ka