Limestone standing statue of Mes-sa
Limestone standing statue of Mes-sa; male figure standing with hands at sides (proper left hand clenched, proper right hand missing), wearing short curled wig and kilt, inscribed; now in many fragments.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19826
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19826; HM_6-19826
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 to Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone standing statue of Mes-sa
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 100 x 30 cm (39 3/8 x 11 13/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1020, 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, p. 20. 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. 53.
