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Wood statue of boy

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1152

Wood statue of boy; young nude male figure standing with proper left leg advanced and holding proper right finger to mouth; preserved above knees.

Details

  • ID
    HM_6-19768
  • Department
    Hearst Museum, Berkeley
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1152 A, burial chamber
  • Material
    Wood (acacia)
  • Dimensions
    44 cm (17 5/16 in)
  • Credit Line
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    1903–1904
  • Object owned by
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1152

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Fazzini, Richard A. Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p. 36, cat. 26a, b.

    Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, pp. 27, 29, fig. 29, pls. 39a, b, 40a, b.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 56.

    Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 129, cat. 41.

Institutions 1