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Seated Statue of Nykara

2408–2377 BCE
red granite and pigment
Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1964.90
Location: 107 Egyptian
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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.
Seated Statue of Nykara

Seated Statue of Nykara

2408–2377 BCE

Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE) or later

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