Fragment of limestone statue of Khufu
Fragment of a painted statuette in fine white limestone, with part of a left foot and part of the cartouche of Cheops.
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Frammento di dipinto di statuetta in calcare fine bianco, con parte di piede sinistro e porzione del cartello di Cheope.
Details
- ID
- TUR_S.1882
- Alternate IDs
- S.1882; TUR_S.1882
- Department
- Museo Egizio, Turin
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of limestone statue of Khufu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 4 x 2.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Museo Egizio, Turin
- Provenance
- Khufu Pyramid Temple
- Bibliography
- Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, p. 11, pl. I a (incorrectly identified as Col No Suppl. 1884). Porter, B., Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Oxford, 1960, p. 12 (incorrectly identified as Turin Mus. Sup. 1884).
- Remarks
- Incorrectly identified as Turin Mus. Sup. 1884 by Curto and Porter & Moss.
