Diorite seated statue of Khafre
Diorite seated statue of Khafre. Photograph: yes.
Details
- ID
- EMC_CG_14
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_CG_14; CG_14; EMC_JE_10062; JE_10062; EMC_SR_2/15736; SR_2/15736
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
- Title
- Diorite seated statue of Khafre
- Medium
- CG: Dark grey diorite with white and yellowish veins and flecks; JE: green breccia
- Dimensions
- CG: 1.68 m; JE: 1.72 m
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Khafre Valley Temple, in well in vestibule
- Bibliography
- Borchardt, Ludwig. Statuen und Statuetten von Konigen und Privatleuten im Museum von Kairo, Nr. 1-1294, Teil 1: Text und Tafeln zu Nr. 1-380. Catalogue General des Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire 53. Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1911, p. 13. 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, pp. 120-122; plate XXII.1.
- Notes
- Found 1860. Material of this statue is variously referred to as diorite, green breccia, and anorthosite gneiss.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Khafre; RELATED SITE(S): Khafre Pyramid Temple; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_II_sp086-087LR; EMC_CG_000001-000380_015LR; EMC_CG_000001-000380_017LR; EMC_CG_000001-000380_Pl004LR; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_10062
