Dyad of Mersuankh and his wife
Painted limestone standing dyad of man and woman, possibly Mersuankh and his wife.
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_66619
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_66619; JE_66619; EMC_SR_2/14747; SR_2/14747
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Title
- Dyad of Mersuankh and his wife
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 50 x 28 x 18 cm
- Credit Line
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Provenance
- G 8990, upper serdab
- Bibliography
- Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 1: 1929-1930, pp. 115-116, pl. 73; Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G356/2; Porter & Moss, p. 270.
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan.
- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): SR_2/_14747; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Mersuankh (G 8990), Perankhes (in G 8990), Selim Hassan; RELATED SITE(S): G 8990
