Object register page:
Limestone statue of a man, standing, with large wig; inscribed [jmj-r qdw jHA] "overseer of builders, Iha."
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- ID
- EMC_JE_37715
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- G 1039
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 60 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15764
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- Period
- Old Kingdom
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- Owner
- Iha (in G 1039)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- From excavations of George Reisner, 1905.
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- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_Sp110LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Andrew Reisner; Iha (in G 1039); RELATED SITE(S): G 1039
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Two limestone standing statues: one inscribed for [jmj-r qdw jHA] overseer of builders, Iha (Cairo JE 37715); other dedicated by Iha [sA=f ir n=f jHA] it is his son who made (it) for him, Iha (Cairo JE 37721); both found in G 1039 vestibule, deposit of statues in debris just E of E wall.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Object owned by
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