Limestone statue of Niankhre [II]
Painted limestone statue of Niankhre [II], sitting on the ground in asymmetrical position, legs bent, knees raised up; left hand on knee, right on shendyt; wearing short plaited wig; inscription on the plinth.
Details
- ID
- GEM_1119
- Alternate IDs
- 1119; GEM_1119; EMC_JE_53150; JE_53150; EMC_SR_2/14961; SR_2/14961
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Title
- Limestone statue of Niankhre [II]
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 64.0 x 36.5 x 37.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Lepsius 55, serdab
- Bibliography
- PM 3, p. 223: JUNKER, Gîza, xi, Taf. x, ix [b] (in situ), Abb. 48 (base), pp. 87-91; JUNKER, in Anzeiger, Wien, 66 (1929), Taf. ix, x, pp. 134-7; I.L.N. April 6, 1929, fig. 3, p. 584; ENGELBACH, in Ann. Serv. xxxviii (1938), pl. xxxvii [I], p. 285; SCHARFF, in J .E.A. xxvi (1940), pl. ix [3], p. 49; CAPART, L ’Art ég. ii, pl. 248; ALDRED, O.K. Art, pl. 49; DRIOTON and SVED, Art ég. fig. 25; SHOUKRY, Privatgrabstatue, Abb. 15; RIAD, La Médecine au temps des Pharaons, fig. 22; WOLF, Kunst, Abb. 148; HORNEMANN Types, ii, pl. 507; JONCKHEERE, Les Médecins de l’Égypte pharaonique, fig. 13; FECHT, Vom Wandel des Menschenbildes in der ägyptischen Rundplastik, Taf. 7; LANGE and HIRMER, Ägypten. Architektur (1967), pl. 78; Great Museums, pl. 27; ANGIOLETTI and BIGONGIARI, Testimone in Egitto (1969), Tav. 8; DONADONI, Egyptian Museum Cairo, pl. on p. 51 [upper], cf. p. 50; see Descr. somm. No. 6138. Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G286; Scharff, Alexander. "On the Statuary of the Old Kingdom." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 26 (1941), p. 49, pl. IX.3.
- Notes
- From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1928-1929.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Vienna Academy of Science; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_53150; EMC_SR_2.14961