

PORTRAIT 01* SETY, Te:mPI.i: 01^ SKTY I : ABYDOS 



Here we see Sety in the traditional costume of an Egyptian king. On his head is the 

 royal helmet bearing the urseus, the serpent or asp sacred to the goddess Buto, protectress 

 of the Pharaohs. The upper part of the body is bare but for the great golden necklace. 

 The curious short kilt, peculiar to royalty, was worn either over or under a longer trans- 

 parent skirt. This relief shows admirably the peculiar conventions of Egyptian art, which 

 decreed that portraits must always be in profile, with the eye and the shoulders, however, in 

 full-face view. The feet are always shown with the same side — that bearing the great toe- 

 turned toward the viewer, while if an arm or leg is advanced it must be the one farther 

 from the spectator. 



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