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Seated statue of Khafre

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Khafre Valley Temple

Seated statue of Khafre, decorated with the unification sign on the two sides of the chair, inscribed with his cartouche.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_9016
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Khafre Valley Temple, vestibule
  • Material
    Basalt or greywacke
  • Dimensions
    120.0 x 60.0 x 60.0 cm; 432000 g
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_15
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15781
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
  • Owner
    Khafre
  • Notes
    Discovered 1860
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Francois Auguste Ferdinand Mariette; Khafre; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_15; EMC_SR_2.15781; RELATED SITE(S): Khafre Valley Temple

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • BORCHARDT, Statuen I, B1.4, pp. 16-17 with fig. and text.

    BORCHARDT, in Ä.Z. xxxvi (1898), Abb. I , p. 2, text, p. 11.

    DE ROUGÉ, Recherches sur les monuments [etc.], pl. iv (repr. in Bibl. Ég. xxvi, pl. iv).

    DE ROUGÉ, Album photographique, pls. 93-4.

    HUNGER and LAMER, Altorientalische Kultur im Bilde, Abb. 25.

    MASPERO, Égypte, fig. 121.

    MASPERO, Guide, p. 79 [179].

    MULLER (H. W.) in Ä.Z. 91 (1964), Abb. I, p. 131.

    MURRAY, Splendour, pl. xlviii [2] on p. 144. Text.

    Porter & Moss 3, p. 22.

    VON BISSING, Einführung in die Geschichte der Ägyptischen Kunst, Taf. iii [3].

    VON BISSING, Ag. Kunstgeschichte, Taf. li [345].

People 1

Ancient People

  • Khafre

    • 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.