Senewosret-Ankh Explained

Senewosret-Ankh (or Sesostris-Ankh, Senusret-Ankh) was High Priest of Ptah in Memphis, Royal Sculptor, and Builder likely during the time of Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty.

His mastaba was discovered in 1933 near the pyramid of Senusret I at Lisht. The tomb's superstructure was thoroughly destroyed because the stones had been removed. The tomb was looted in antiquity, but some nice pieces of sculpture were found by the excavators, like a limestone sitting statue of Senewosret-Ankh himself, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 33.1.2a–c^[1]). The walls of the burial chamber were decorated with Pyramid Texts.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seated Statue from the Tomb of Senwosretankh, the Chief Priest of Ptah and Overseer of Works Middle Kingdom The Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. 2018-03-22.
2. J.H. Breasted and N.C. Debevoise, The Oriental Institute Archaeological Report on the Near East, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Apr., 1934), pp. 181-200