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Inscribed fragment of statue base or back pillar

Red granite fragment of a statue base or back pillar, inscribed [...jmAx xr nTr] "...justified before the god." Beschriftetes - stark vertiefte linksläufige Hieroglyphen - rechteckiges Fragment von großer Dicke mit abgerundeten Kanten und ungeglätteter Unterseite.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_9610
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Giza (provenance unknown, found by Hermann Junker)
  • Material
    Red granite
  • Dimensions
    10.4 x 10.3 x 19.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_9610
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: [Gîza, Grabung Junker] Erwerb: [vor 1930 durch Fundteilung] NegNr-1: II 32861, II 32862, KHM Sitzenfrey 1992

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Jaroš-Deckert, Brigitte. Statuen des Alten Reiches. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 15. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1993, p. 175.

People 1

Modern People

  • 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.

Institutions 1