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Seated Statue of Nykara

Seated Statue of Nykara

2408–2377 BCE
(2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE)
Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

This statue inscribed on the base for the chief of the granary, Nykara, comes from the same tomb as the false door. A statue of granite was an expensive commodity. Monumental red granite was quarried at Aswan in the south of Egypt and had to be shipped more than five hundred miles downstream to Nykara's tomb in the area of Memphis.
  • Probably Saqqara. Khawam Brothers, Paris (1932-35); Fahim Kouchakji, New York (1951). Purchased from Vincent Diniacopoulos, Montreal
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 2 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 2 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 12 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 2 archive.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Mentioned: p. 128-129; Reproduced: p. 128-129, color p. 45
    Kritsky, Gene. The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt. 2015, 15. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 14-15, fig. 2.6
  • l'art égyptien au temps des pyramides (Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids). Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (April 6-July 12, 1999); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 7, 1999-January 2, 2000); Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto M5S 2C6, Canada (February 12-May 22, 2000).
    CMA 1965a, no. 68, illus. p. 236; Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, 21 April-31 July 1988, Through Ancient Eyes: Ancient Portraiture, cat. by Donald Spanel, no. 7
    Paris, Grand Palais 4/6-7/12/99; NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 9/7/99 - 1/9/00; Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum 2/12-5/22/00, Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids, p. 372, no. 128.
    Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
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