The sculptured reliefs of the IVth and Vth dynasties, and the =statues= and =portrait figures= were in beauty and fidelity rarely equalled in later times, and certainly never surpassed. The chief employers of both painter and sculptor in the later dynasties were the priests, who required statues of gods and kings for the temples; massive strength, an expression of impassibility, and close adherence to existing models were the traditional characteristics of such works. With private employers the case was different, for they demanded of the sculptor portrait figures which should be representations of their friends at once faithful and pleasing. Among early portrait figures of fine work in the British Museum may be mentioned the =ivory figure of a king=, wearing a robe of elaborate pattern (Table-case No. 197, in the Third Egyptian Room; see page 24, No. 7); the statue of the official =Nefer-hi= of the IIIrd dynasty (No. 150, Wall-case 99, Third Egyptian Room); the statue of =Betchmes=, of the IIIrd dynasty (No. 3, in the Egyptian Vestibule, see page 110), and the statue of =Ȧn-kheft-ka=, of the IVth dynasty, (Bay 1, No. 33, in the Northern Egyptian Gallery, see page 109). [Illustration: Head of a colossal statue of Ȧmen-ḥetep III, B.C. 1450. [Northern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 4, No. 416.]] [Illustration: PLATE XII. Head of a stone figure of a priestess of the XVIIIth dynasty. [From the cast, No. 38,430, Wall-case 102, Third Egyptian Room.]] [Illustration: PLATE XIII. Limestone seated figures of Khā-em-Uast and his wife. XIXth dynasty. [No. 41,603, Wall-case 105, Third Egyptian Room.]] On the second shelf of Wall-cases 99-109 in the Third Egyptian Room is exhibited a typical series of =portrait figures= in stone which illustrate the work of the period between the IIIrd dynasty and the Roman Period. Special attention may be given to the =head of an official= (No. 186) in crystalline limestone; the figure of =Queen Tetȧ-Kharṭ=, a wife of Ȧāḥmes I, B.C. 1600 (No. 187, see page 113); the portion of the head of a figure, the “heretic king,” =Ȧmen-ḥetep IV=, or Khu-en-Ȧten, B.C. 1420 (No. 212); the figure of =Queen Ȧmenȧrṭās=, of the XXVth dynasty, B.C. 700 (No. 232); the seated figures of Khā-em-Uast and his wife (Wall-case 105, Third Egyptian Room; see =Plate XIII=); the seated figure of Ḥarua, one of the officials of Ȧmenȧrṭās (No. 234); the two figures of officials of the Roman Period (Nos. 269 and 270); and the head of a priestess (see =Plate XII=). [Illustration: Statue of Isis, holding a figure of Osiris. Dedicated by Shashanq, a high official. Ptolemaïc Period. [Southern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 28, No. 964.]]