Headless standing pair statue of Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes
Painted limestone standing pair statuette of Pehenptah, on proper right with left foot advanced, and his mother [mwt=f] Amendjefaes on left; painted in conventional colors (mostly gone), heads gone, left shoulder of Amendjefaes broken. Pehenptah identified on right of base as [rx nswt sS a nswt] royal acquaintance, royal document scribe; Amendjefaes identified at front of base as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance.
Details
- ID
- KHM_ÄS_7502
- Alternate IDs
- ÄS_7502; KHM_ÄS_7502; 7502; HUMFA_12-10-3; 12-10-3
- Department
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, middle Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 10/10/1912
- Title
- Headless standing pair statue of Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 100 x 43.5 x 51.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2320 (= G 5280), serdab
- Bibliography
- 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, 268-269, pls. XLVII.1-2, XLVIII.2. N. CHERPION, in Vorbereitung. 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. 305-306, 311-312, note 47. 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, pp. 59, 63. Jaroš-Deckert, Brigitte. Statuen des Alten Reiches. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 15. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1993, pp. 45-49. H. JUNKER, Giza III (1938) 222-223, Abb. 43 oben auf S. 221. H. JUNKER, Giza VI (1943) 224. 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, p. 35, 56, 57, figs. 19, 20. Porter & Moss III, p. 158. W. S. SMITH, A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom (1949) 54.
- Notes
- Herk: Gîza, Serdâb der Mast. des Pehenptah (G 5280) Grabung Harvard-Boston 1912 Erwerb: durch Fundteilung (?)1914 inventarisiert; "sämtliche unter 1914 angeführte Gegenstände sind Geschenk der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien und kommen aus den Grabungen Junker bei den Pyramiden 1912–1913 (Inv.N°. 7498–7925)" NegNr-1: I 12124 NegNr-2: III 18639, Schrägansicht, III 18640, linke Seite, III 18641, rechte Seite, III 18642, Hinterseite, Haller 1984; NegNr-3: III 18616 Detail Sockel, Haller 1984; NegNr-4: III 23783, Vorderansicht, Kitlitschka 1991
- Remarks
- Excavated October 1912. HUMFA_12-10-3 = KHM_ÄS_7502
