Limestone standing statue of Nimaatre and his wife (unnamed; head missing). Inscribed [GLYPHS] [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA n[j]mAatra] "overseer of commissions of the Great House, Nimaatre."
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- ID
- GEM_9668
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- G 2136b, Serdab
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 61 cm
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15661
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_43962
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- Period
- Old Kingdom
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Owner
- Nimaatre (G 2136b)
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- Notes
- From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1913. Attributed in SR to excavations of Clarence Fisher. Mislabeled in GEM records as EMC_JE_43952.
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- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_SR_2/_15661; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Nimaatre (G 2136b), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 2136b; RELATED MEDIA: AEOS_I_5407, AEOS_I_5483, AEOS_I_5399
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Junker, Giza vi, pl. xxiii[b], Abb. 50
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 2136b. Broken (incomplete) pair statue (Cairo JE 43962) of Nimaatre and his wife (unnamed); Nimaatre identified as [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA] overseer of commissions of the Great House; found in G 2136b serdab.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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