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Sculpture under the Ancient Empire, 20: arms (Fig. 188).^ Sometimes the woman is altogether absent (Fig. 89, Vol. I.). The head of the family is placed by himself, on a raised seat. In front of this seat, and hardly reaching to their father's knees, are two children, boy and girl, the boy holding the right leg, the girl the left. The boy has the lock of hair pendent Fig. i85. — Limestone group in the Louvre. Height twenty-eight inche?. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gaurier. over the right ear, which, like the finger in the mouth, is a sign of tender years. He is nude ; the girl is dressed in an ornamental robe reaching to her ankles. There is a piquant contrast between these two tender little bodies with their childish heads, and the virile power of the father and protector who towers so high above them. ^ Notice, No. 793. These two people were called Xefer-hotep and Tenteta. The latter is also described as related to Pharaoh.