Wood statue of boy
Wood statue of boy; young nude male figure standing with proper left leg advanced and holding proper right finger to mouth; preserved above knees.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19768
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19768; HM_6-19768
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Wood statue of boy
- Medium
- Wood (acacia)
- Dimensions
- 44 cm (17 5/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 1152 A, burial chamber
- Bibliography
- Fazzini, Richard A. Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p. 36, cat. 26a, b. 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. 27, 29, fig. 29, pls. 39a, b, 40a, b. 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. 56. Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 129, cat. 41.
