Statue

E16160

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | El-Kab

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16160
Current Location Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience Egypt | El-Kab
Period Old Kingdom
Date Made 2575–2465 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Sandstone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

The standing statue of the official Nefershemem comes from his mastaba tomb at the site of El-Kab. The inscription on the statue base reads: The King’s acquaintance, god’s servant priest, Nefershemem. Nefershemem’s tomb was one of a group of Old Kingdom mastabas located in a cemetery beside the ancient town site of Nekheb (El-Kab). The statue probably originally stood inside a serdab (an enclosed statue-shrine) in the mastaba of Nefershemem. The statue’s head was never found.

Height 75 cm
Width 20 cm
Depth 40 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1898

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