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Limestone seated statue of Inetkaes; female figure seated on block seat with hands flat on thighs, wearing shoulder length wig with central part and V-necked dress, vertical inscription on base: [Hm-nTr Hwt-Hr nbt jwnt jntks] priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-Dendera, Inetkaes.

Details

ID
HM_6-19773
Alternate IDs
HM_6-19773; 6-19773
Department
Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
Entry Date
1903–1904
Title
Limestone seated statue of Inetkaes
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
32 x 12 cm (12 5/8 x 4 3/4 in)
Credit Line
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Provenance
Mastaba G 1039, in serdab
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. 17-18, pls. 26b, 27a. 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.
Remarks
Two limestone statues (seated = Berkeley 6-19773, standing = Berkeley 6-19800) inscribed for Inetkaes (name spelled: [jntks] on seated statue, [jntskA] on standing statue).

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