Limestone seated statue of Meretites
Painted limestone statue of Meretites, seated on an inscribed backless seat, both of her hands resting on her thigh; shown wearing long white dress, long wig and pectoral.
Details
- ID
- GEM_1081
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_1081; 1081; EMC_JE_87807; JE_87807; EMC_SR_2/14762; SR_2/14762
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Meretites
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- GEM: 38.7 x 13.0 x 22.5 cm, 10600 g; JE: 39 x 23.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- G 8412, serdab
- Bibliography
- Porter-Moss, p. 253; Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 5: 1933-1934, pp. 283-284, pls. 52b, 55; Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G366
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1934.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; Meretites (in G 8412); ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_87807; EMC_SR_2.14762; exc. S-29; RELATED SITE(S): G 8412