Limestone seated statue of Katjesu
Limestone seated statue of [kATsw] Katjesu; male figure seated with hands on thighs (proper right hand clenched, proper left hand flat), wearing short wig, broadcollar, and kilt, skin painted brick red, inscribed on seat; some paint preserved.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19770
- Alternate IDs
- HM_6-19770; 6-19770
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Katjesu
- Medium
- Limestone, paint
- Dimensions
- 36 cm (14 3/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1214, in serdab
- Bibliography
- Fazzini, Richard A. Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p.33, cat. 21. 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, p.12, fig. 16, pl. 18a, 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. 58.
