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Fragment of limestone statue of Khufu

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Khufu Pyramid Temple

Fragment of a painted statuette in fine white limestone, with part of a left foot and part of the cartouche of Cheops. // Frammento di dipinto di statuetta in calcare fine bianco, con parte di piede sinistro e porzione del cartello di Cheope.

Details

  • ID
    TUR_S.1882
  • Department
    Museo Egizio, Turin
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Khufu Pyramid Temple
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    3.4 x 4 x 2.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Museo Egizio, Turin
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: Museo Egizio, Turin
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Individual - Ancient
    Khufu
  • Object owned by
    Museo Egizio, Turin
  • Remarks
    Incorrectly identified as Turin Mus. Sup. 1884 by Curto and Porter & Moss.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, p. 11, pl. I a (incorrectly identified as Col No Suppl. 1884).

    Porter, B., Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Oxford, 1960, p. 12 (incorrectly identified as Turin Mus. Sup. 1884).

People 1

Ancient People

  • Khufu

    • Type Individual - Ancient
    • Remarks Second king of Dynasty 4, son of Snefru. Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Cheops. Horus name: [mDdw] Medjedu. Full birth-name: Khnum-Khufu.

Institutions 1