1st-3rd century AD. A bronze figurine of a naked male or youth sitting with left hand on the knee, right elbow resting on the right knee and hand placed by the mouth; ribbed hairpiece or headdress; lug to the underside. See Gardiner, A.H. Catalogue of the Egyptian hieroglyphic printing type, from matrices owned and controlled by Dr. Alan Gardiner, 1928. 43.2 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). From a private Belgian collection; previously part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. The figure's headdress suggests an Egyptian origin. The figure's pose mirrors the Egyptian hieroglyph numbered A2 in Gardiner's list, man with hand to mouth, which represents a number of activities including eating, drinking and speaking.