Limestone seated scribe statue
Limestone seated scribe statue; male figure seated cross-legged with feet tucked in, hands on lap, wearing short curled wig and kilt, incised inscription on kilt has two 10 numerals and a four-legged animal.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19765
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19765; HM_6-19765
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone seated scribe statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 30 cm (11 13/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1036, in serdab, facing N
- Bibliography
- Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, pp. 16-17, pl. 25b. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), p. 34. 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. 54.
