Limestone standing statue of son of Nakhtka (?)
Limestone standing statuette of son of Nakhtka (?), painted.
Details
- ID
- GEM_14801
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_14801; 14801; EMC_JE_87803; JE_87803; EMC_SR_2/14758; SR_2/14758
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone standing statue of son of Nakhtka (?)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 12.4 cm; 3460 g
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- G 8220 (?), serdab
- Bibliography
- Porter-Moss, p. 240; Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 7: 1935-1936, p. 93 “third statuette”, pl. 42; Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G275
- Notes
- From excavations of Selim Hassan, 1936(?). JE and SR list this as statue of the son of Nakhtka, with provenance listed as "serdab 31" (location uncertain, but presumably in the tomb of Nakhtka, G 8220). However, Hassan (Giza 7 p. 91-93) lists it as being found in the serdab of G 8230. It is unclear which provenance is correct, and since the statue is uninscribed its attribution to the son of Nakhtka is uncertain. There is also a substantial discrepancy in the measurements given; it is described in the JE as being 44 x 9.5 cm, while Hassan measures it as 70 x 35 cm.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Selim Hassan; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_87803; EMC_SR_2.14758; RELATED SITE(S): G 8220