Statue
29-87-471B
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | 29-87-471B |
Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
Provenience | Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga |
Locus | Lower Cemetery, Tomb 45 |
Period | New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Early Nineteenth Dynasty |
Date Made | 1332-1279 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Technique | Inscribed |
Iconography | Seated Man |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
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. |
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 |
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