Statue
| Object Number: | 29-87-471B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Dra Abu El-Naga |
| Locus: | Lower Cemetery, Tomb 45 |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Early Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1332-1279 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1332 |
| Late Date: | -1279 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Technique: | Inscribed |
| Iconography: | Seated Man |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 49.2 cm |
| Width: | 28.5 cm |
| Depth: | 26.01 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923 |
| Other Number: | DAN1262 - Field No SF |
Description
One half of an original pair statue of a husband and wife. The statue depicts a seated man (Merymaat) wearing an elaborate wig, long pleated kilt. Down the center of his kilt is a line of inscription. His chest is inscribed "Amun". The back of the statue is inscribed.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1991 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt\'s Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 140-41 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 49, fig. 29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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