Fragments of limestone seated statue of Nekhebu
Two fitting fragments of limestone seated statuette, figure of [GLYPHS] Nekhebu; [inscribed on base], covered with layer of black; broken off at waist, 12-__-__ fits on waist.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- EMC_TR_27.1.15.2
- Alternate IDs
- TR_27.1.15.2; EMC_TR_27.1.15.2; HUMFA_12-11-26; 12-11-26; EMC_SR_2/15669; SR_2/15669
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 11/10/1912
- Title
- Fragments of limestone seated statue of Nekhebu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: [two fragments originally registered as HUMFA_12-11-26] 22 cm; total: 38 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2370, room [b (= room III)], seat in front of serdab, toes in serdab, torso and head in G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], hole 1, [originally from G 2381]
- Bibliography
- 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. 10b.
- Remarks
- Upper fragment (torso and head) found December 1 (see Vol.04.p.047) apparently not registered separately. For provenance of lower fragment found November 10 see Vol.04.p.033 (found in room b = room III on published plan, not room e = portico).
