Statuette of Menkaure
Unfinished diorite statuette of Menkaure, sitting on a cube seat, wearing shendyt and nemes. In two pieces; lower part of arms and feet are missing.
Details
- ID
- GEM_1096
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_1096; 1096; EMC_JE_41973; JE_41973; EMC_SR_2/15712; SR_2/15712; HUMFA_08-7-22; 08-7-22
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
- Title
- Statuette of Menkaure
- Medium
- Diorite
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 13.0 x 14.0 cm; 7080 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple, floor of second temple phase at west end of II-2
- Bibliography
- PM 3, p. 31: REISNER, Mycerinus, pl. 63 [c], cf. 61 [a, b], p. 113 [38].
- Notes
- From excavations of George Reisner, 1910
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; RELATED SITE(S): Menkaure Valley Temple; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_41973; EMC_SR_2.15712; HUMFA_08-7-22; RELATED MEDIA: C4543_NS, C4575_NS, C590_NS, C593_NS, C593P_NS, C596_NS
