Limestone seated statue of Inetkaes
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).
