Fragment of diorite dyad of Khafre and Bastet
Lower part of a diorite dyad of Khafre seated with the goddess Bastet; inscription on the left side of the seat.
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- ID
- GEM_1095
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Khafre Valley Temple
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- Material
- Diorite
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- Dimensions
- GEM: 85.0 x 55.0 cm; CG: 53 cm above base
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_27485
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15334
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- Catalogue General number
- EMC_CG_11
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
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- Excavator
- François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette, French, 1821–1881
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- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_27485; EMC_SR_2.15334; EMC_CG_11; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Khafre; François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette; RELATED SITE(S): Khafre Valley Temple
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- Site Name Khafre Pyramid Complex
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Borchardt (CG 53, pp. 11-12).
Hassan, Giza VIII, p. 307.
Seidel, Die königlichen Statuengruppen, pp. 17-20 (Dok. 4).
C. Zivie-Coche, Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides, p. 17, n. 62.
Friedman, Florence Dunn. "The Names of Menkaure." In Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz, Edyta Kopp, and Daniel Takács, eds. 'The Perfection that Endures... ': Studies on Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Warsaw: Department of Egyptology - Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, 2018, p. 126.
Modern People
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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates French, 1821–1881
- Remarks Pasha; Egyptologist; Professor; Archaeologist of Sphinx Temple. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.