Three non-connecting fragments of calcite royal statue
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- ID
- RPM_5415
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- Department
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Giza, probably originally from Khafre Pyramid Complex
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- Material
- Calcite
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- Dimensions
- 48.7 x 41.2 cm
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- Credit Line
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Owner
- Khafre
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- Object owned by
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hermann Junker
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Martin-Pardey, Eva. Grabbeigaben, Nachträge und Ergänzungen. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 6. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1991, pp. 135-140.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khufu. Builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza and probably of the Great Sphinx as well. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Khephren. A number of diorite and greywacke statues and statue fragments depicting the king have been discovered in Khafre's valley temple, including Cairo CG 9-17. The fragmentary head of an alabaster royal statue (MFA 21.351 + MFA 33.1113) is attributed to Khafre.
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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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
- Type Object owned by
