Limestone standing statue of Ipiwer; squat proportions, male figure standing with left leg advanced and hands clenched at sides, wearing short curled wig, broadcollar, and kilt with some pleating, inscribed on base: [sHD Kd jpj-wr] "inspector of the builders, Ipiwer".
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- ID
- HM_6-19799
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- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 1039, vestibule, deposit of statues in debris just E of E wall
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- Material
- Limestone, paint
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- Dimensions
- 49 x 13.7 cm (19 5/16 x 5 3/8 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, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- 1903–1904
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- Owner
- Ipiwer (in G 1039)
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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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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, p. 15, pl. 23a.
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. 54.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Limestone standing statue (Hearst 6-19799) inscribed for Ipiwer, identified as [sHD qdw] inspector of builders; found in G 1039 vestibule, deposit of statues in debris just E of E wall.
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
- Type Object owned by