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White limestone statue, standing figure of man with right foot advanced; decorated [kilt] [DIAGRAM], red skin, yellow [kilt], black base, [GLYPHS] Pehenptah on left side of base beside left foot; nose damaged, paint mostly gone.
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Details

ID
GEM_1160
Alternate IDs
GEM_1160; 1160; HUMFA_12-10-2; 12-10-2; EMC_SR_2/15055; SR_2/15055; EMC_JE_44609; JE_44609
Department
Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Mid Dynasty 5
Entry Date
10/10/1912
Title
Limestone standing statue of Pehenptah
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 130 cm (51 3/16 in.) GEM: 129.0 x 33.0 x 55.0 cm
Credit Line
Grand Egyptian Museum
Provenance
Mastaba G 2320 (= G 5280), serdab
Bibliography
Assem, Rehab. "Two Statues and a Naos at the Cairo Museum." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 41 (2004), p. 138, fig. 5. Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 266, 269-271, pls. XLVII.1-2, XLVIII.1. Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "The Striding Statue of Pehenptah (JE 44609)." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, pp. 305, 307-308, 311-312, pls. I, II. Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, p. 59, note 19. Freed, Rita E. "Rethiking the Rules for Old Kingdom Sculpture. Observations on Poses and Attributes of Limestone Statuary from Giza." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, p. 145, fig. 1. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, pp. 35, 56, 57, figs. 19, 20. Reisner, George A., and Clarence S. Fisher. "Preliminary Report on the Work of the Harvard-Boston Expedition in 1911-13." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 13 (1914), pl. 10a.
Problems/Questions
Cairo JE number verified

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