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Fragment of left ear from reserve head (?)

Fragment of left ear from limestone reserve head (?) Äußeres Fragment der Mitte eines linken Ohres, mit einem Teil der Ohrmuschel erhalten. Die Bruchflächen sehr verschliffen.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_9614b
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Giza (Western Cemetery, exact provenance unknown, found by Hermann Junker)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    3.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_9614,2
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Gîza, W-Friedhof, Grabung Junker] Erwerb: [vor 1930 durch Fundteilung] NegNr-1: II 32865, Vorderseite, II 32866, Hintersiete, KHM Sitzenfrey 1992;
  • Remarks
    Probably excavated in 1926.

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Jaroš-Deckert, Brigitte. Statuen des Alten Reiches. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 15. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1993, pp. 180-181.

    H. JUNKER, Giza I (1929) 45, 57, 202.

    G. A. REISNER, A History of the Giza Necropolis I (1942) 458.

    W. S. SMITH, A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom 2 (1949) 26(19).

    R. TEFNIN, Artet Magie au temps des Pyramides. L'enigme des tetes dites "de remplacement" (MonAeg 5, 1991) 37, 50, 119, Nr. 25.

People 1

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1