Limestone seated statue of Senankhwer
Painted white limestone statuette, seated male figure; inscribed on base to left of left foot [xntj-S pr-aA sb] (palace attendant of the Great Hosue, flutist), on base to right of right foot [rx nswt sn-anx-wr] (royal acquaintance Senankhwer), full wig, short [kilt], left hand open palm down on left thigh, right hand fist (thumb lost) on right knee, broad necklace (painted), top of seat and front side of seat and top of base yellow, other three sides of seat and back support ....
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- ROM_949.42
- Alternate IDs
- ROM_949.42; 949.42; HUMFA_40-3-15; 40-3-15
- Department
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 03/29/1940
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Senankhwer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 37 cm Width: max: 14.5 cm Thickness: max: 25 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 2475, serdab, in situ facing E
- Bibliography
- Needler, W. in Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology 18 (March, 1952), pp. 9-12, figs. 4, 5. Needler, W. in The Coinnoisseur 166 (1967), p. 97, fig. 5. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 95.
- Notes
- Sold to Royal Ontario Museum, Torinto - December 1948.
- Remarks
- Last part of statement unfinished, original entry ends short (cut off).
- Problems/Questions
- description re colors reads as if description was not completed; ROM accession number verified; re name Senankhsemu, more likely Senankhwer