Limestone standing statue of Ipiwer
Limestone standing statue of Ipiwer; squat proportions, male figure standing with left leg advanced and hands clenched at sides, wearing short curled wig, broadcollar, and kilt with some pleating, inscribed on base: [sHD Kd jpj-wr] "inspector of the builders, Ipiwer".
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19799
- Alternate IDs
- HM_6-19799; 6-19799
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone standing statue of Ipiwer
- Medium
- Limestone, paint
- Dimensions
- 49 x 13.7 cm (19 5/16 x 5 3/8 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1039, vestibule, deposit of statues in debris just E of E wall
- 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, p. 15, pl. 23a. 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.
