Limestone standing statue of Ipiwer

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1039

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".

ID

HM_6-19799
Department

Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Mastaba G 1039, vestibule, deposit of statues in debris just E of E wall
Material

Limestone, paint
Dimensions

49 x 13.7 cm (19 5/16 x 5 3/8 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, Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
Date of Register Entry

1903–1904
Owner

Ipiwer (in G 1039)
Object owned by

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

G 1039
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Lutz, Henry F. <I>Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California</I>. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930.<BR>
- Date: 1930

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

Ipiwer (in G 1039)
- 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.