This careful observance of the professional attitude, or the characteristic gesture, is equally marked in the Gizeh Cross-legged Scribe, and in all the Ancient Empire statues which I have had an opportunity of studying.
The Cross-legged Scribe of Gizeh (fig.

186) was discovered by M.de Morgan at Sakkarah in the beginning of 1893.

This statue exhibits a no less surprising vigour and certainty of intention and execution on the part of the sculptor than does its fellow of the Louvre, while representing a younger man of full, firm, and supple figure.
[Illustration: Fig.

186 .-- The Cross-legged Scribe of Gizeh, from Sakkarah.] Khafra is a king (fig.

187).