Statue
E16160
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | El-Kab
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E16160 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | El-Kab |
| Period | Old Kingdom |
| Date Made | 2575–2465 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | The standing statue of the official Nefershemem comes from his mastaba tomb at the site of El-Kab. The inscription on the statue base reads: The King’s acquaintance, god’s servant priest, Nefershemem. Nefershemem’s tomb was one of a group of Old Kingdom mastabas located in a cemetery beside the ancient town site of Nekheb (El-Kab). The statue probably originally stood inside a serdab (an enclosed statue-shrine) in the mastaba of Nefershemem. The statue’s head was never found. |
| Height | 75 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Depth | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1898 |
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