Label TextNehebut-kai, a name that translates “My-spirit-is-lotus-flowers,” is shown wearing a typical tight-fitting sheath dress with shoulder straps and v-neck. At her throat are a broad collar and the remains of a red and blue pendant necklace that terminates in two lotus flowers. She also wears blue bracelets on each arm and red and blue anklets with black trim. The sheer fabric of the linen dress reveals her full breasts and carefully delineated nipples. Two slight flesh folds are also shown between her navel and pubic triangle.
The hieroglyphic inscriptions record her name and title, “King’s acquaintance.” The hieroglyphs were carved into the stone and then filled with black pigment or charcoal. This particular technique was experimental, and occurs only during the reigns of Khufu (Cheops), builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza and his immediate successor, Djedefre, suggesting that Nehebut-kai’s statue was carved during the middle of the Fourth Dynasty.
(Gerry D. Scott, III, 2002)