Statue of Hemiunu

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4000

Limestone seated statue of Hemiunu

ID

RPM_1962
Department

Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

G 4000, N serdab
Material

Tura limestone
Dimensions

155.5 x 61.5 x 104.7 cm
Credit Line

Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
Excavator

Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
Object owned by

Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
Owner

Hemiunu (G 4000)
Remarks

RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hemiunu (G 4000), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 4000

Martin-Pardey, Eva. Grabbeigaben, Nachträge und Ergänzungen. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 6. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1991, pp. 126-134.

Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt," The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, pp. 24, 64.

Hemiunu (G 4000)
- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 4000. Probable son of Nefermaat (owner of tomb at Meidum), probable grandson of Snefru. Architectural elements, including chapel entrance lintel (Hildesheim 2380) and door jamb (Hildesheim 2146), inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj] hereditary prince, count, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt; door jamb found in situ in G 4000. Seated statue (Hildesheim 1962) inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [sA nswt n XT=f tAjtj sAb TAtj wr djw pr-DHwtj] king's son of his body, chief justice and vizier, greatest of the five of the House of Thoth; found in situ in G 4000 serdab behind north niche.

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.