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Limestone pair statue of Nimaatre and his wife

Limestone standing statue of Nimaatre and his wife (unnamed; head missing). Inscribed [GLYPHS] [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA n[j]mAatra] "overseer of commissions of the Great House, Nimaatre."

Details

  • ID
    GEM_9668
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    G 2136b, Serdab
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    61 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15661
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_43962
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Owner
    Nimaatre (G 2136b)
  • Notes
    From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1913. Attributed in SR to excavations of Clarence Fisher. Mislabeled in GEM records as EMC_JE_43952.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_SR_2/_15661; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Nimaatre (G 2136b), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 2136b; RELATED MEDIA: AEOS_I_5407, AEOS_I_5483, AEOS_I_5399

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2136b

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Giza vi, pl. xxiii[b], Abb. 50

People 2

Ancient People

  • Nimaatre (G 2136b)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2136b. Broken (incomplete) pair statue (Cairo JE 43962) of Nimaatre and his wife (unnamed); Nimaatre identified as [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA] overseer of commissions of the Great House; found in G 2136b serdab.

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.