Headless limestone statue of man
Headless limestone statue of man; nude male figure standing with left leg advanced; decayed.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19762
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19762; HM_6-19762
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Headless limestone statue of man
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- G 1231 (= G 1234) (?)
- Bibliography
- Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 118, 133, note 20, table 1. 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. 60. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 65.
- Problems/Questions
- provenance: attribution of 6-19762 to G 1231 (= G 1234) based on reference in Porter-Moss p. 60 (which is based on reference in HESPOK p. 65); Reisner's report to P.A. Hearst for 1903-1904 season attributes this statue to wadi cemetery
