Men (sculptor)

Men was Amenhotep III during the reign of the Pharaohs . and his son Amenophis IV. "Colonel of the sculptors" and "Head of construction work on the red mountain". He is known for the relief on a rock stele in Aswan , which shows him together with his son, the builder and sculptor Bak . There Men is referred to as "the chief artist at the very large monuments of the king". The illustration shows him in front of a statue of Pharaoh Amenophis III. standing, commonly identified as one of the Colossi of Memnon . Based on this identification , it is now considered likely that these sandstone statues were probably erected under his guidance.

literature

Christiane Countess von Pfeil, Klein-Ellguth: Men. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 497 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Men
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chief of the artists at the huge monuments of the king during the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. and IV.
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.