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Wood statue of a boy

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Painted wood standing statue of a boy.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_CG_128
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Giza?
  • Material
    Wood
  • Dimensions
    37 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_17331
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_17394
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15672
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    JE 17331: Saqqara; (No. 147? See 17394); Perhaps C.128; JE 17394: No. 147 (in red); perhaps C 128 (in pencil); JE 17394: Saqqara, "Puit des ossements"; CG 128/PM: Giza; JE 17331/JE 17394: boy with finger in his mouth; JE 17394: Bis 17331; CG: Certainly from a family group; there was a childlock of youth on the right side of his head, of which only the nail that attached it remains; SR: Selected by the GEM; SR cross-references (CG) 128 and JE 17331; RCMDD 2010: CG 128 confused with CG 147 in JE entries. JE 17331=JE 17394 corresponds to CG 128 (boy with his finger in his mouth). CG 147 is a different statue (arms by side); JE entries give Saqqara as the provenance, CG/PM give Giza, so correct provanance uncertain; CG does not cross-reference a JE number.
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_CG_000001-000380_97LR; EMC_CG_000001-000380_Pl029LR

Full Bibliography

  • Borchardt, Ludwig. Statuen und Statuetten von Konigen und Privatleuten im Museum von Kairo, Nr. 1-1294, Teil 1: Text und Tafeln zu Nr. 1-380. Catalogue General des Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire 53. Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1911, pp. 96-97.

    Chipiez, Charles & Perrot, G. 1882. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquite. L'Egypte, vol I, fig. 442; Weigall, Arthur E. 1924. Ancient Egyptian Works of Art, p. 34 [lower]; Hornemann, Bodil. 1957. Types of Ancient Egyptian Statuary II, pl. 343.

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