Fragment of limestone seated pair statue of Kap and Niankhhathor
Lower part (part of base and inscribed seat and female figure) of white limestone [seated pair statue inscribed for [Hmt=f jmAx njanxHtHr] "his wife, the venerated one, Niankhhathor"]; [belongs with 14-3-31, fragment of seated pair statue inscribed for Kap].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-3-24
- Alternate IDs
- 14-3-24; HUMFA_14-3-24
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- 03/27/1914
- Title
- Fragment of limestone seated pair statue of Kap and Niankhhathor
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: ca 13 cm Width: ca 9.2 cm Length: ca 19.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Hard debris on E face of mastaba G 4520, [originally from G 4522]
- Bibliography
- García, Juan Carlos Moreno. "A New Old Kingdom Inscription from Giza (CGC 57163), and the Problem of sn-Dt in Pharaonic Third Millennium Society." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 93 (2007), p. 132. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 507. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 72 (attributed to G 4522).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
