\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This statue inscribed with the name of Nakhthoreb is of a prince or other high-ranking person who lived during the reign of Psamtik II
. It belongs to what is known as the Saite period, named after the city of Sais from which the pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty came. The Saite period was the last moment of splendor of the Egyptian civilization prior to the Persian conquest. The art
of this period reached its peak in the genre of sculpture, with its organic forms and soft and naturalistic modeling.
