Limestone statue of the wife of Nakhtka (?)
Limestone standing statue of the wife of Nakhtka (?).
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_87802
- Alternate IDs
- JE_87802; EMC_JE_87802; EMC_SR_2/14757; SR_2/14757
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
- Title
- Limestone statue of the wife of Nakhtka (?)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 11 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- G 8220, Serdab (?)
- Bibliography
- Porter-Moss, p. 240; Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 7: 1935-1936, p. 91-93 “middle statuette”, pl. 42; Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G275.
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1936(?). JE and SR list this as statue of the wife of Nakhtka, with provenance listed as "serdab 31" (location uncertain, but presumably in the tomb of Nakhtka, G 8220). However, Hassan (Giza 7 p. 91-93) lists it as being found in the serdab of G 8230. It is unclear which provenance is correct, and since the statue is uninscribed its attribution to the wife of Nakhtka is uncertain. There is also a substantial discrepancy in the measurements given; it is described in the JE as being 34.5 x 11 cm, while Hassan measures it as 55 x 30 cm.
- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_SR_2/_14757; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; RELATED SITE(S): G 8230