Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1214
Limestone standing statue of [jTtkA] Itjetka; female figure standing with hands at sides and feet together, wearing shoulder length wig, broadcollar and bracelets, and sheath dress, skin painted yellow and toenails painted pink, inscribed on base; some paint remaining.
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- ID
- HM_6-19772
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- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 1214, in serdab
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- Material
- Limestone, paint
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- Dimensions
- 40 cm (15 3/4 in)
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- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
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- Date of Register Entry
- 1903–1904
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- Owner
- Itjetka (in G 1214)
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- Object owned by
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Fazzini, Richard A. Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p.33, cat. 22.
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. 18-19, pls. 28b, 29a.
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. 58.
Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, p. 132, cat. 44.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Probable wife of Katjesu (probable owner of G 1214). Limestone standing statue (Hearst 6-19772) inscribed for Itjetka; found in situ in G 1214 serdab.
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
- Type Object owned by