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Fragment of head of royal statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Fragment of head of gneiss royal statue

Details

  • ID
    RPM_2655/1
  • Department
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Anorthosite gneiss
  • Dimensions
    17.2 x 19.5 x 17.9 cm
  • Credit Line
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hermann Junker

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Martin-Pardey, Eva. Plastik des Alten Reiches. Teil 2. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 4. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1978, pp. 45-51.

People 1

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • 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.

Institutions 1