Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei (Budapest, 2007)
KATALIN ANNA KÓTHAY: A Defective Statuette from the Thirteenth Dynasty and the Sculptural Production of the Late Middle Kingdom
6 VARIANTS OF T HE HIGH WA ISTE. D LO N G KI LT Thirteenth Dynasty, this type of kilt seems to have been in fashion as early as the second half of the Twelfth Dynasty since it can be seen on three stelae during the reigns of Senusret III and Amenemhat III. 29 Some details of the kilt of the Budapest statuette arc unusual. The overfold of the piece of material wrapped around the body is indicated by a simple incised line in front that runs diagonally from right to the left. With standing statues, this line usually runs vertically with a curve near the upper edge ending in a tab on the left, while the diagonal line is characteristic of cross-legged statues. The treatment of the upper tabs of the kilt of the Budapest statuette is also atypical. In sculpture in the round, as a rule with the high-waisted long kilt, two different tabs are modelled at the upper edge, the right one being a loop representing a knot, and the left one being the upper tip of the garment wrapped around the body (fig. 6/h). The knot on the right is typically round while the tab on the left is conical. However, variations do occur: in a few instances the two tabs are modelled almost identically, both being rounded/ 0 though the left tab is usually full, while the right one is hollow. On the Budapest statuette two slightly similar but unfinished tabs appear over the upper edge of the kilt. The right one looks like
