Egyptian Wooden Statues of The
Egyptian Wooden Statues of The
Egyptian Wooden Statues of The
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Abstract:
and titles of the tomb owner. The texts are usually inscribed on the bases, but in two
instancesthey are on the skirt, and once on the sceptre.The titles are examinedin detail to
see whether their date range is consistent with the dates suggested in the text.
Unfortunately the inscriptions give no further dating assistance.The phrase un3hVI,hr is
Appendix 2 is a discussion of the material of the statues,as far as this is known. Only 8
statueshave been scientifically analysed, a further 4 have been identified visually, and
another 2 have unconfirmed analyses. From this meagre information it emerges that
indigenous woods were preferred to imported woods. The most popular indiginous
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Abstract 3
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Table of Contents 5
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Acknowledgments 7
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Chapter1: Introduction 9
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Chapter2: The FeatureList 15
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Introduction 15
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Glossary 17
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Coiffures andWigs 20
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Male 20
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Female 27
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Dress 32
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Male 32
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Female 41
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Arms 44
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Male 44
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Female 56
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Accessories 59
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Jewellery 66
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Stance 71
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Male 71
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Female 75
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Chapter 3: The Dating of the Statuesin CatalogueA..... 78
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Chapter4: The Dating of the Statuesin CatalogueB..... 114
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Chapter 5: The Dating of the Statuesin CatalogueC..... 136
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Chapter 6: The Catalogues 141
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CatalogueA............. 143
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CatalogueB..;.......... 271
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CatalogueC............. 347
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Chapter 7: Conclusions 363
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Appendix 1: The Inscriptions .............. 365
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Titles 369
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Appendix2: Wood Types 383
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Indigenous 383
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Foreign 385
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Appendix3: FeatureCross-References 386
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Male 386
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Female 393
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Appendix4. Concordanceof MuseumandCatalogueNos 395
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Indices 400
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1. PersonalNames 400
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2. Titles 402
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3. Sites 403
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Concordance of the Platesandthe CatalogueNos........ 405
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List of the Sourcesof the Plates 412
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Abbreviations 419
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Bibliography 421
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Figures 430
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Fig. la CoiffuresandWigs, Male ....... 430
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Fig. lb CoiffuresandWigs, Male (cont.) ..... 431
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Fig. Ic CoiffuresandWigs, Male (cont.) ..... 432
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Fig. 2a Coiffures andWigs, Female ....... 432
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Fig. 2b Coiffures and Wigs, Female )
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Fig. 3 Dress,Male ............ 434
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Fig. 4 Dress,Female ............ 435
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Fig. 5 Stance,Male 435
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Fig. 6a Arms, StandingMale ......... ....
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Fig. 6b Arrns, StandingMale (cont.) ......
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Arms, SeatedMale .
Fig. 7 437
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The compilation of the data for this study was only possible thanks to the help and
assistanceof many museum curators, too numerous to mention individually, but none
the less warmly appreciated.As far as possible, the statuesin this study were viewed by
me personally. I was able to visit the Cairo Museum in 1986-7 thanks to a Petrie
Fellowship, and I was able to visit twenty-three museums in the United States in two
months in 1988 thanks to the EES Centenary Studentship. Most of the European
institutions were visited individually by me over a period of five years. The few
institutions I was unable to visit were most kind in supplying information about, and
quality of the illustrations is mine alone, and I am deeply grateful to Erik Tack who
scanned my photographs into his computer and thus assisted me in attaining the best
quality possible.
Of the many people who have encouraged me in my work, two in particular
deserve my heartfelt thanks: Dr David Dixon, my supervisor, for many hours of
discussion, and my husband, Dr Jacobus van Dijk, who offered constant support and
encouragement.The beautiful handcopiesof the texts and the figures are drawn by him -
the natural reaction of an artist to the spider and inkpot daubs which were my own
attempts - and which took up valuable time he could ill sparefrom his own researches.
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CHAPTER1.
Introduction
The aim of this study of private wooden statuaryl of the Old Kingdom is to
establish criteria for dating statueswhich have no external dating criteria or provenance.
The basis of the study is a catalogue of one hundred and twenty-seven statueswhich can
be dated by external dating criteria (Catalogue A). A chronological feature list, i. e. a list
of the features present on the statues, has been drawn up from from Catalogue A, and
this is used as the basis for dating statues with no external dating criteria (Catalogue
C,
B). 2 It is of course obvious that Catalogue A, and therefore the feature list, cannot be
comprehensive for the period. The nature of wood makes it susceptible to destruction
and many of the statuesfrom the period have not survived. It may, however, be regarded
as reasonably representative.3 On the basis of a comparison of three mainfeatures,
Coiffure, Dress, and Arms, the seventy-five statues of Catalogue B are placed in a
relative chronological order, enabling the additional featuresto be relatively dated as well.
Where there is no match for three features, two are used. It has not proved possible to
date on the basis of one feature only. A third catalogue, Catalogue C, comprises fifteen
statues which have no parallels with Catalogue A, but which can, in some cases, be
specific reigns, follow Harpur, Decoration, p. 34. The phrase 'the End of the Old
1 Under
private wooden statuary is understood any statue of the tomb owner, male or female, and
the wife or husbandof the same.It doesnot include royal statuesof wood from this period, statues
of gods, or statuesof domestic servantswhich began to accompanythe burials towards the end of
DynastyVI.
2 This has been
achieved by comparing the results of a number of studies of Old Kingdom
material: Eaton-Krauss, Representations; Harpur, Decoration; Seidlmayer, Graberfelder;
Strudwick, Administration; Vandier, Manuel; and Wood, Sculpture are the most frequently cited.
Cherpion, Mastabas, has beenusedwith caution as it has emergedthat ordinary representationsof
the tomb owner follow a different progressionof featuresto statuesor representations
of statues(see
below, p. ý).
3 The feature
sequenceis supported by examples from the repertory of representationsof statues
as listed by Eaton-Krauss, Representations,and by examplesfrom the repertoryof stonestatues.
9
Kingdom' is usedto describethe period after the deathof Pepi11,Bainesand Malek's
7th/8thDynasty.
It has not beenthe intention of this study to examine the questionof the actual
function of the statuesin the tomb. This hasbeendiscussedby others.4 JamesP. Allen
in his article 'Funerarytexts and their meaning'in Mummies & Magic The Funerary
Arts ofAncient Egypt, 38-49, especially43-44, gives a very succinctdiscussionof the
nature of the ka and the ba, and the function of statues in the tomb. The ka is an
individual'slife-force, the ba an individual's personalityor character.The ka belongsto
the body during the life-time of the individual, andafter deathit goesto the next world.
The deceasedthen travelsto join his ka, but what actuallytravelsis his ba. The body is
part of the entirehumanbeing, so thereis a needto preserveit. "The body servesas an
'anchor'for the ba in this world, andcan be revisitedby it in the tomb. So essentialwas
this 'anchor'that, in the Old Kingdom, 'spare'bodiesin the form of statueswere often
placedin the tombalongwith the mummy.-5
In the Old Kingdom, the inscriptions on the woodenstatuesin CatalogueA are
exclusively the namesand titles of the deceased,and not the offering formula which
becamepopularin the Middle Kingdom (SeeAppendix 1).Until evidenceto the contrary
appears,it mustbe assumedthat in the Old Kingdoin woodenstatueswere not designed
to receiveofferings (n A3n) and are thereforenot ka statues.They are,in the words of
Wood, "potential substitutes for the physical body in two aspects of its eternal
existence."6 The two aspectsare passive and active, representedby a seatedand a
striding figure respectively.The natureof "stone,being more impervious than wood,
was better suited to the function of tomb statuesas enduring substitutesfor physical
bodies", but a tomb statue had not only to be capable of "enduring forever, which
required impervious and inanimate form, but it also had to be capableof life which
requiredanimatefon-n.... Sculptors,realizingthat wood could not competewith stonein
durability, choseto emphasizeby meansof naturalistic,lifelike effectsthe animateform
thata tomb statuealsorequired." 7
The seatedfigure representsa passivestatein the afterlife. Wood drawsa contrast
between wood and stone for seatedstatues: "Among the wooden statues that have
4
For example, Scharff, JEA 26 (1941), 41-50; Shoukhry, SASAE 15; Vandier, Manuel;
Hornemann, 7:ypes; Eaton-Krauss, Representations; LA IV, Privatplastik, 1112-1119; etc.
5
p. 44.
6
Wood, Sculpture, 65.
7
op cit., 14,17.
10
survived from the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, the is
seatedpose extremely rare. This
might be due to the compatibility of the type with stone,however,for stoneis the ideal
materialin which to renderthe compactcubical form of a seatand the static form of a
seatedfigure.,'8 This statementis borne out by the evidence.Seatedstatuesare very
rare, and in some cases, for example in the tomb of Tjeteti, a seatedstone statue
accompaniesthe stridingwoodenones.
The striding figure9 represents an active state in the afterlife in which the
deceasedcontinues to exercise the offices he attained in life. This is supported by the
evidenceof the namesand titles sometimes present on the bases(See Appendix 1).
The provision of several statuesfor the burial, something particularly common in
the reigns of Unas and Pepi 11,appearsto be linked to the several offices performed by
the deceasedduring his lifetime. More elaborateburials have inscriptions on the basesof
the statues, and these often list separatetitles, although the present evidence does not
10
confine particular titles to particular costumes. The ba is therefore able to choose
to
which persona occupy on its return visits to the tomb.
The location of the statues in the tomb appears to be more closely related to the
accident of survival than to any religious purpose. In the early Old Kingdom, statues
were placed first in the chapels (Dynasty IV), and then in serdabs (Dynasty V
onwards). II They slowly began to be placed in the main chambers, too, and by the end
of the Old Kingdom were even in the burial chamber itself. Throughout this period,
however, statuescontinued to be found in all the various possible locations. The priority
must have been to preserve the statuesas a base to which the ba could return. Most of
the statuesin the corpus were excavated without an accurate record being made of their
exact location in the tomb. The majority of the statues which have had their location
recorded were found in serdabsif they are from the first part of the Old Kingdom, and in
the burial chambersor shafts if they date to the end of the Old Kingdom.
In most cases the exact material of the statues is not known (see Appendix 2).
8
op.cit., 22.
Y op.cit., 13: 'The description of the conventional male stanceas "striding" is itself a convention.
A figure in this stancedoesnot actually appearto stride, for his weight is equally distributed on his
feet. "Striding" is a convenient term, however, to distinguish the stance from that of "standing"
figures with straight legs and parallel feet. The pose is static, yet the power to move is conveyed
...
by the extensionof the left leg. The stanceis both active and immobile, temporal and eternal.'
10Seefor
ue Nos. A83 -A 102
examplethe statuesfrom the tomb of Tjeteti, Catalo(-,
II For detailed discussion
a of the serdab see Shoukhry, SASAE 15,19 1ff.
II
Eaton-Krauss,12lists five representations
of woodenstatueswhosematerialis known:
No. 99 is ebony,13No. 98 is acacia (Ind), No. 43 is §pnn-wood,14No. 44 is ksbt-
wood, and No. 83 is an imported wood (ht h3s(vv)),as yet unidentified. 15It seems
likely that the majority of the statueswere madeof nativetimbers16andnot of imported
woods. Five statues are made of sycomore fig, 17 l 8
three of acacia, and one of
tamarisk. 19 Four are said to be 20
ebony, an identification which, although not
supported by any analysis, may be provisionally acceptedsince "on account of its
it canbe "recognizedreadily without microscopical
characteristiccolourandappearance"
i
exam nation. -21 One is 22
statue supposedlycedar. Where possible the statueswere
madefrom one single piece,but if necessaryseveralpiecesweredowelledtogether,or
the limbs attachedwith mortiseand tenonjoints. Thejoins areusually at the shoulders,
the frontsof the feet,andsometimesthe left forearm.The statueswerethencoveredwith
a layerof paintor of paintedplaster,which concealedthejoins, and occasionallyby linen
garmentsas well. The paintedlayer wasthe medium on which much additional detail
was added,for example,sporransand neck-laces.
The deteriorationanddisappearanceof
this layer due to the ravagesof time has meantthe loss of much information about the
ongin ecorationof mostof the statues.This is particularlyinconvenientwhentrying to
establishthe varietyof a skirt suchasthe half-gofferedkilt.
Discussionof the techniquesinvolved in the making of thesestatueslies outside
the scopeof this study.23Although the style of severalstatuesfrom one tomb can vary
12
op.cit.,55-56.
13SeeWood,Sculpture, 10for a discussion
of theproperties
of ebony.
14 Kcimer, Gartenpflanzen11,31-32
suggeststhat 1pnnis poppy,but as Eaton-Krauss.
Representations, 133n. 701,pointsout,it mustbethematerialof thestatuewhichis meant,not
thepigmentusedto paintit. Thatis, a typeof treeandnota flower.
15Posener-Kri6ger, LesArchives duTemple FunirairedeNiferirkar;-Kak-aY 1,166-7(A 11).
16Wood,Sculpture, sycamore fig becauseof its
saysthat the mostcommonwoodusedwas
associations with thecult of Hathor(pp.25-7).Onpp.73-4shestatesthatthestatueHildesheim,
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Inv.Nr. 1572 is madeof sycamorefig, but there is noconfirmation
of thisin therecentCAApublication andI do not knowwhat her source for thisstatement is.
17Catalogue Nos.A3,B13,B54,B59andA78.
18Catalogue Nos.A126,BIOandB33.
19Catalogue No.A103.
20Catalogue Nos.A43,A46-48.
21Lucas,Materials,434.
22Catalogue No.B75.
23 For discussion techniques seeSliwa, Studies in Ancient Egyptian
a of the of wood-working
HandicraftWood-working, (Krakow,1975),andDrenkhahn, DieHandwerker undih" Tdtigkeitim
12
considerably, as for examplewith the statuesfrom the tomb of Tjeteti, thereare not
enough tomb groups from one area or time range to be able to identify individual
sculptors.Statuesfrom one areavary so much in datethat it hasproved impossibleto
identify workshops.Severalstatues,for examplethosefrom Saqqara,could comefrom
onework-shop, but the fact thattheycanbe severaldecadesapartin time impliesthatthey
were made by different hands. The actual carving techniques do not supply any
informationwhich would assistin the acquisitionof datingcriteria,andarethereforenot
discussed.
The coloursof the painteddecorationconformin generalto the usualpalette,but it
was not possible to compare them to a colour chart due to the many and varied situations
under which I was allowed accessto the statues. Red, black, white, yellow, green and
blue are the main colours. The skin of male statuesis usually a dark red, with the details
of the eyes and eyebrows outlined in black. The whites of the eyes and the finger and
toenails are white, as is the skirt. The skin colour of the female statuesis usually yellow,
but sometimes red has been used.24 The details of the navel and the pubic hair, when
the figure is nude, are shown in black. The dressesand skirts are white, and jewellery for
both sexesis red, blue and green.
The geographicaldistribution of the statuesis interesting. The earliest extant statues
tend to come from Saqqara, and in fact only one or two statues come from other sites,
including Giza, before the reign of Pepi 1. During the reign of Pepi 11and later the
distribution is much more widespread.Many remains of statueswere found by Junker at
Giza, but they seem to come from late Dynasty V or Dynasty VI mastabasinserted into
the gaps between 25
earlier ones. The earliest evidence for statuary in wood at Giza are a
number of inlaid eyes, all that remain of four royal statues from the mortuary temple of
Menkaure.26 "The loss of most of the wooden sculpture at Giza can be attributed to the
voracity of the white ants in the area.,'27 The existence of wooden statues prior to the
13
FourthDynastyis the subjectof Wood'sdissertation.
The number of statues provided for a burial appears to be linked to the time at
which the burial took place. Early in the Old Kingdom, only one or two statues were
supplied, with occasionally one of the wife. During the reign of Unas, however, up to ten
have been found in a single burial, with as many as three being of the wife. 28 After this
reign the number appearsto have decreasedagain, with most burials containing three or
four statues,but interestingly none of the wife. During the reign of Pepi II the number
increasesagain, and the range of officials who provided themselveswith such equipment
and those from the period just after the death of Pepi 11are relatively crude. Statuesof the
wife once again appear,and independent burials of women have severalstatuestoo, both
male and 10
female.,
When the terms left'and 'right'are used in the descriptionsof the statues,this
always refers to the STATUE's left and right, and not the left and right as seenby the
viewer.
28 For
example the burials of Akhtihotep, Catalogue Nos. A14 - A22 and Metri, Catalogue Nos.
A23 - A32.
29 There
are still burials with statuesof very high quality, for example, the burial of Istji Tjetji,
CatalogueNos. A59 - A63.
30 For
example,tomb N43 at Nagaed-Mr.
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CHAPTER 2.
Introduction
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their appearanceon the statuesby quite some time, and vice versa. The so-called
localotte-33is presenton representationsup to the reign of Menkaure, but does not
appearon statues until the reign of Merenre; the echelon-curl wig revealingthe earsdoes
not appear on representations until the reign of one of the Pepi's,
but is presenton statues
from the reign of Teti. Eaton-Kraussdiscussesthe relationshipbetweenrepresentations
of the "living" tomb owner,andrepresentationsof statuesof the tomb owner on pp. 4-5.
Sheemphasizesthat the representationsof statuesare depictionsof the "living" tomb
owner and not depictions of (extant) statuesof him. Statueswere made by different
craftsmento thosewho carvedreliefs. The latter would be involved with the carvingof
both the representations
of the tomb ownerand of representations of statuesof him and
thususedthe sameconventionsfor both.The evidenceof the woodenstatuesthemselves
suggeststhat their makersuseddifferentconventionsat different times.
Femalestatuesappearin two time sections,one rangingin dateup to the reign of
Unas,the otherdatingfrom the endof the reign of Pepi11onwards.This is in spiteof the
fact that stonestatuesandrepresentations
of female statuescontinuethroughout Dynasty
VI. This may be an accidentof preservation,but severaltombs from this female-free
periodhaveseveralstatuesfoundin goodcondition,andthe chancesthe femalestatuesin
eachcasewerethe only onesto sufferdestructionandto leaveno traceare not very high.
Most of the early femalestatuesare of the tomb owner's wife; the later statuescan also
come from tombs where the owner is a female. The range of wigs on femalestatues
differs to a greatextentto the rangedepictedon representations
of female statues.This
may be dueto the absenceof statuesfrom the greaterpartof DynastyVI.
Examples for comparativematerial have beendrawn almost exclusively from
stonestatuesand representationsof statues, both wooden and stone. Examples from
representations
of the "living" tomb ownerhave been
occasionally usedin addition to the
representations
of statues.
33 Vandicr. Manuel, 102; Cherpion, Mastabas, 55. A calorie is a sort of skullcap of different,
16
Glossary of terms used in describing statuesin the feature list and the catalogue.
Bagwig A short, smooth, full wig, covering the ears. The wig stands
out from the head and thus cannot be confused with a shaven
head or a skullcap.
Calotte 'A plain skull-cap. Any thing having the form of a small
34
cap., Used here to describe a circle of differently patterned
echelon-curls on the crown of the head.
or crimp.,36
Half-goffered kilt A kilt with one side goffered. It appearsto be always the right
side. The goffers usually reach to half way around the back,
and fall in front in a curve from the belt to the hem.
Pierced fist The handis fisted but the fingers are held loosely so that an
34 Oxford English Dictionary.
35Idern.
36Idern.
17
is
aperture created.
Projecti ng-panel kilt A kilt with the materialstiffenedin front in sucha way thatit
extends in a trapeziform (q. v. ). The short end of the
trapezium is at the waist, the long end is at the hem.
Sometimesthe sidesof the trapeziumare folded back along
the sidesof the figure.
Sporran 'A pouch or large pursemadeof skin, usually with the hair
left on andwith ornamentaltassels,etc. Worn in front of the
kilt by Scottish highlanders.'37 Used here to describethe
wide varietyof beaddecorationsand tasselswhich hangfrom
the belt down the front of the kilt.
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of breakage,but not a single statue in the corpus actually
does. Rather, they seem to follow the stone statue
conventions.Another puzzle is the fact that there are often
two of the objects, one in each hand. If they are
handkerchiefs, folded in such a way that the ends do not
protrude, why are two necessary? Perhaps one is a
handkerchiefandthe othera cloth for moppingthe brow.
Trapezium 'A quadrilateral having only one pair of its opposite sides
Trapezoid 'A quadrilateral figure no two of whose sides are parallel. ,43
The American English term is trapezium.
Tripartite wig Wig in which two bunches of hair are wom forward over the
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COIFFURES AND WIGS
Male
20
to Cherpion5l this wig appears for the first time in the tomb of Kar, 52
Four statuesfrom Catalogue A wear this wig, dating from the reign of Pepi I
to the end of Dynasty VI. 54
This version of the echelon-curl wig is only present on one statue fragment
from Catalogue C, No. C 13. It cannot be precisely dated.
This is present on ten statues from Catalogue A dating from the reign of
Snefru up to the transition period between Dynasties V and VI, that is, the
56
reigns of Unas and Teti.
No representationsof statueswear this wig. Stone 57
statueswear this type.
No statuesfrom CataloguesB and C wear this wig.
51
op cit., 58.
52 PNI111/2,301-2.
53 CatalogueNos. B 12,22,56-57,64.
54 CatalogueNos. A46,48,90,
and 9 1.
55 CatalogueNos. B 18-19.
56 CatalogueNos. A2,6,19-21,25-27,33,
and 34.
57 Cf. Vandier, Manuel, 101. E. Boston MFA 09.203:
g. op.cit., Pl. V, 4-5; NYMMA 53.19: op.
cit., Pl. XXIX, 4; Louvre, A. 40: op. cit., Pl. XLI, 5.
21
W.2a Close-fittingcoiffure, decoratedwith carvedlines,andwith a slight widow's
peak,indicated by a recedinghairline at the temples.This implies that the
coiffure is the naturalhair, andnot a wig. (Fig. lb)
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the end of the reign of Pepi 11is
shavenheaded. 64
No representations
of statueswear this coiffure. A few stonebustsandheads
58 CatalogueNo. A3.
59 Stachelin,Tracht, 84-5, EI (a); Vandier, Manuel, 101.
60 CatalogueNos. A8,28-29,37,39,43-44,56-57,61-62,64-66,68,76,78,83-85,87,
and 105.
61 Eaton-KraussNos. 20-21,44,48,52,55-57,80,84-85,96,111,134-135,144,148,153-156.
62 E. Hildesheim Inv. Nr. 1962: Eggebrecht,AR No. 3; Louvre N. 2290: Vandier, Manuel, Pls.
g.
XVIII, 4.5; Cairo CG 3: Saleh/Sourouzian,Egyptian Museum,No. 27. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches
MuseumInv. No. 7506 is nude,cL Seipel,Bilder, No. 34.
63 CatalogueNos. B 11.17,26,28,38-40,53,59-60
and C2-3, and 9.
64 CatalogueNo. A86.
22
appearto be shavenheaded,althoughI havebeenunableto find a complete
65
head.
statuewith a shaven
Two statuesfrom Catalogue B are shavenheaded.They both date to the reign
of Pepi 11.66
W. 3b As W. 3, but once had a sidelock on the right side of the head. (Fig. I c)
WA Flared, striated wig, with parting, partly revealing the ears. (Fig. lb)
Two statuesfrom CatalogueA, No. AII andA24, both datingto the reign of
Unas,wearthis wig.
Three representationsof statueswear this wig, dating from the reign of
Nyuserreto the reignof Unas.69It is a commonwig on stonestatues.
70
Two statuesfrom CatalogueB wear this wig.71They dateto the period of
the transitionfrom the reign of Isesito that of Unas,andto the middle or end
of the reign of Pepi 11,respectively.
One statuefrom CatalogueA has this wig, dating to the reign of Pepi 11.72
23
This wig type is known from five representations of statuesdatingfrom the
reign of Nyuserreto the reign of Pepi 11.73It is possiblethat someor all of
themoncehadpaintedstriations.This wig is also known on stonestatues.74
One statuefrom CatalogueB wearsthis wig, No. B 10, the male in a pair
statue.It datesto the reignof Unas.
One statuefrom CatalogueA dating to the reign of Pepi 11wears this wig. 75
There are twenty-three representationsof statuesin this wig, dating from the
reign of Menkaure to the middle of the reign of Pepi 11.76It is possible that
some or all of them would have had painted striations. Stone statuesfrom the
early Old Kingdom sometimes wear this wig. 77
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or C wearthis wig.
reign of Nyuserre to late Teti. 80 The parting is not shown. There appear to
be only a few examplesof tWs in the stone statuerepertory.81
No statuesfrom either CatalogueB or C wear this wig.
73 Eaton-KraussNos. 25,38,54,86,
and 157.
74 For
example,Cairo CG 80: Vandier,Manuel, Pl. XXIII, 4.
75 CatalogueNo. A 101.
76 Eaton-Krauss Nos. 5,7,15,17,23,63-67,98-99,107,112-114,116,120,123,142-143,145,
and 146.
77 E. BostonMFA 13.3140:Vandier,
g. Manuel, Pl. IX, 3.
78 Vandier, Manuel, 103; Shoukhry, SASAE 15,78-79; *Staehelin,Tracht, 88-89, E2; Cherpion,
Mastabas,57.
79 CatalogueNos. A51,67,74-75.
80 Eaton-KraussNos. 26,28,76,79,83,100,106,117-118,132-133,
and 139.
81 E. Hildesheirn
g. Inv. Nr. 2144, which may havecarsin relief, Eggebrecht,AR, No. 26.
24
WAd Smooth,flaring wig, coveringthe ears.Different to W.4a. (Fig. I b)
Twenty-five statuesfrom CatalogueA wear this wig, dating from the reign
of Merenreto the endof the Old 83
Kingdom.
No representationsof statueswear this wig, nor do there appearto be any
examplesof it in the repertoryof stonestatues.
Ten statuesfrom Catalogue B 84
wear this wig. They rangein datefrom the
reign of Merenreto the end of the Old Kingdom.
One statuefrom CatalogueA dating to the reign of Pepi 11wears this wig. 85
25
Thereareno representations
of statuesor stone in
statues this wig.
Two statuesfrom Catalogue B wear this wig. 88 They date to the first half of
the reign of Pepi 11.
No representations of statues wear this wig, nor do there appear to be any
Four statuesfrom Catalogue B wear this wig. 92 They all date to the reign of
Pepi 11.
One statuefrom CatalogueB wearsthis wig, No. B52, which datesto the
endof the reign of Pepi11or slightly later.
Thereareno examplesof representations
of statuesor of actualstonestatues
in this wig.
Thereis onestatuefrom CatalogueA in this wig, datingto the endof the Old
88 CatalogueNos. B23-24.
89 CatalogueNo. A63,79-80.
90 Eaton-KraussNos. 4,9,11,13-14,19,24,36-37,42,47,61,121-122,124,141,147, and 152.
91 E. HildeshcimInv. Nr. 2973: Eggebrccht,AR, No. 4 1.
g.
92 CatalogueNos. B34-37.
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Kingdom. 93
There are no representations of statues wearing this wig, nor do any stone
statueswear it.
Four statuesfrom Catalogue B wear this wig. 94 They range in date from the
last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest up to the end of the Old
Kingdom.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this wig, No. B62, which dates to the
last years of the reign of Pepi II at the earliest.
No representationsof statueswear this wig, nor do any stone statues.
W.9 Echelon-curl wig in vertical rows. One long row to forehead,then several
shorter.Coveringthe ears.(Fig. I a)
One statue from Catalogue C wears this wig, No. C 15. It cannot be securely
dated.
There are no represeniationsof statuesor stone statuesin this wig.
W. 10 Echelon-curl wig in vertical rows with the fringe divided from the rest of the
hair, and covering the ears.(Fig. I c)
Female
Wf. 1 Shoulder-length wig, striated and flared, with a parting and covering the
95
ears. (Fig.2a)
93 CataloaueNo. A126.
c
94 CataloaueNos. B61,63,74-75.
Cý
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Four statuesfrom CatalogueA wearthis wig, rangingin datefrom Dynasty
IV to the reign of Unas.96
Most Old Kingdom stone statueswear this type of wig. 97On the oldest
examplesit reachesthe level of the breasts.Apparently no two-dimensional
representationswear it, althougha smoothvariant revealing the ears does
appear. Six representations of statues wear the smooth wig revealing the
98
ears. it is possible that they once had painted striations.
Five statues from Catalogue B wear this wig. 99 They all date to the reign of
Unas.
One statuefrom CatalogueA dating to the reign of Unas wears this wig. 100
No representations of statues wear this wig. It is known on stone statues
from the Old Kingdom. 101
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or C wearUs wig.
Wf. 2 Tripartite wig, that is, a wig which has two bunches forward over the
shoulders,andthe remainderof the hair hangingdown the back.It is striated,
hasa parting,andcoversthe ears.102(Fig. 2b)
One statuefrom CatalogueA wears this wig, dating to the reign of Unas. 103
Stone statuesand reliefs of queensand goddessesusually wear this wig. It is
28
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or C wearthis wig.
Two statuesfrom CatalogueA dating to the end of the Old Kingdom wear
this wig. 105
No representations
of statuesweart1fiswig. One stonestatue 106
does.
Two statuesfrom CatalogueB 107andone from CatalogueC 108wear this
wig. They all date to the end of the Old Kingdom.
One statuefrom CatalogueC, No. C5, wearsthis wig. It datesto the endof
the Old Kingdom.
of statueswear this wig. This wig is wom by queensand
No representations
goddessesthroughout the Old Kingdom, 109 and occasionally appearson
stonestatuesof women. I 10
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Merenre wears this
111
wig.
No representations of statues wear this wig, nor do there appear to be any
stone statuesor two-dimensional representationswearing it.
No statuesfrom either Catalogue B or C wear this wig.
29
Wf3a Bagwig,revealingthe ears.(Fig. 2a)
One statuefrom CatalogueB wears this wig, No. B73, which datesto the
endof the Old Kingdom.
No representations of statues or stone statues wear this wig. Two-
often wearthe close-fitting naturalcoiffure, but
dimensionalrepresentations
that is muchlessfull thanthe bagwig,andshouldnot be confusedwith it.
One statuefrom CatalogueA, datingto the end of the Old Kingdom, wears
this wig. 112
There are no representationsof statues, or stone statues or two-dimensional
of womenwearingthis wig.
representations
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or C wearthis wig.
Five statues from Catalogue A dating to the end of the Old Kingdom wear
this wig. 113
15
One statuefrom Catalogue B wears this wig-' It datesto the end of the Old
Kingdom.
Thereareno representations
of statuesor stone in
statues this wig.
112Catal
ogueNo. A 127.
113CatalogueNos. A 118-20,122,
and 125.
114CatalogueNo. B69.
115CatalogueNo. B72.
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WfAb As WL4, coveringthe ears.(Fig. 2a)
One statue from Catalogue B wears this wig, No. B71, which dates to the
Three statuesfrom Catalogue A wear this wig. 116They all date to the end of
the Old Kingdom.
Four representationsof statueswear this coiffure. 117Three of them date to
the period between the reign of Menkaure and the reign of Userkaf, and one
(No. 53) to the first half of the reign of Pepi H. I have bo unable to find any
stone statuesin this wig.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this wig, No. B5, which dates to the
reign of Unas.
Wf. 6 Tripartite type of wig made up of echelon-curls. It is very short behind and
reveals the ears. (Fig. 2b)
One statue from Catalogue C wears this wig, No. C6, which is dated to the
116CatalogueNos. A 121,123,
and 124.
117Eaton-KraussNos. 2,6,53,
and 62.
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DRESS
Malc
D.1 Knee-length, wrap-over kilt, with a rolled belt and a double hem on the
crossflap.(Fig. 3)
32
or leaving the tomb, inspectingthe offerings, and in the offering tableand
false door scenes.In addition, it is often worn under the panther skin, a
priestly robe.As suchit would be the idealcostumefor a statuedesignedasa
sparebody for the ba. According to Staehelin,the belt appearsto havehad
in
somesignificance the change from boyhood 124
to manhood. It is only
worn with this kilt, and may be a symbol of manhood. The close links
betweendeathandinitiation,involving the deathof the old self andthe rebirth
of the new,canaccountfor the markedpreferencefor this kilt throughoutthe
Old Kingdom. It is never worn for inspectingthe activities of daily life, or
for scenesof huntingor fishing.
Thirty-onestatuesfrom CatalogueA havekilts which can be described
as half-goffered based on the above criteria. However, as they differ
considerably from each other they have been divided into several sub-
categories. All of them have a belt. It is possible that the more elaborate
decorative elements were once present in either paint or painted plaster and
that this is no longer extant on some statues. Some of the older examples
show that a thick layer of plaster carried all the features, rather than the
underlying wooden surface. 125
33
No representations of statues wear this kilt, but it is known on stone
128
statues.
Five statuesfrom CatalogueB wear this kilt, 129ranging in date from the
rcign of Unasto the endof the Old Kingdom.
Six statuesfrom Catalogue A dating from the reign of Unas to the end of the
Old Kingdom wear this kilt. 130
Five representationsof statueswear this version. 131They range in date from
the reign of Isesi to the reign of Pepi 11.
It is also known 132
on stone statues.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this kilt, 133dating to the middle or end
Three statues from Catalogue A wear this kilt, one dating to the period
covering the reigns of Pepi I and 134
Merenre, and the othersto the end of
DynastyV1.135
Two representations
of statueswear this 136
version, the former dating to the
reign of Nyuserre, and the latter to the reign of Isesi. It is also known on
]
stone statues. 37
34
Three statues from Catalogue B wear this kilt, 138all dating to the last years
of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest.
Three statues from Catalogue A wear this kilt, dating to the reigns of
Merenre and Pepi 11.139
No representations of statues wear this kilt, but it is known on stone
140
statues.
One statuefrom Catalogue B wears this kilt, No. B8, which datesto the reign
of Unas.
D.2e Kilt with rounded cross-flap and protruding tab, no goffers and no knot.
(Fig. 3)
Threestatuesfrom CatalogueA dating from the middle and endof the reign
of Pepi11wearthis kilt. 141
Four representations 142
of statueswear this version, rangingin datefrom the
reign of Isesito the reign of Pepi 11.
It is also known 143
on stonestatues.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this kilt, No. B44, which dates to the
35
Ten representationsof statueswear this version. 145They range in date from
the reign of Nyuserre to the reign of Pepi 11.1 have been unable to find a
stone statue with this version.
Four statues from Catalogue B wear this kilt, 146ranging from the reign of
Pepi I to the end of the Old Kingdom. One statue from Catalogue C, No. C8,
D.2g Kilt with protruding tab on the right hand side of the navel, no knot, no
goffers,and no roundedcross-flap.(Fig. 3)
Two statuesfrom Catalogue A wear this kilt, dating to the end of the reign of
Pepi 11or later.147
No representationsof statueswear this kilt but at least one representation of
the tomb owner does.148 1have not found any stone statueswith this variant.
No statuesfrom either Catalogue B or C wear this kilt.
D.2h Kilt with protrudingtab on the right handsideof the navel,a roundedcross-
flap, and perhapsa secondcross-flaprunning to the left thigh, no knot, no
goffers.(Fig. 3)
One statue from Catalogue A, No. A97, has this kilt. It datesto the end of the
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Unas.
Two representationsof statueswear this kilt. 149They date to the reign of
Nyuserre and to the reign of Teti. I have beenunable to find any stone statues
in this variant.
One statuefrom CatalogueB and one from CatalogueC wear this kilt. No.
B41, dates to the middle or end of the reign of Pepi 11.No. CI dates to
DynastyV.
Threerepresentationsof statueswear this kilt. 150They dateto the Nyuserre-
Isesitransitionperiod.It is alsoknown on stonestatues.151
D. 3 Projecting-panelkilt, knee-length.152(Fig. 3)
Four statues from Catalogue A wear a knee-length, orjust below the knee,
projecting-panel kilt. They range in date from the reign of Nyuserre to that of
pepi 1.153
Thirty-six representations of statues wear this kilt, ranging in date from the
reign of Nyuserre to that of Pepi 11.154
149Eaton-KraussNos. 94
and 112.
150Eaton-KraussNos. 102,105-106.
151 Eg. Hildesheim Inv. Nr. 419: Seipel, Agypten, No. 33; Boston MFA 12.504: Vandier, Manuel,
Pl. XLIV, 6.
152 Vandier, Manuel, 109-110; Staehelin, Tracht, 9-11. Staehelin does
not differentiate according
to length and says that this kilt was exceedingly popular in Dynasties V and VI. This appears to be
true for relief representations rather than for statues. The latter are very rare. Examples are
Hildesheirn Inv. Nr. 3190: Eggebrecht, AR, No. 20, in relief; and Cairo JE 66620: Vandier,
Manuel, Pl. XXXIII, 1, a statue group.
153 Catalogue Nos. A6,20,25,
and 39.
154 Eaton Krauss Catalogue Nos. 36-37,39,41,44,63-64,67,75,78-81,83,90,92,99-100,107,
37
Two statues from Catalogue B wear this kilt. 155One dates to the reign of
Pepi 11and the other to the end of the Old Kingdom. Two statues from
C
Catalogue wear this kilt. 156Both statuesdate to late in the reign of Pepi 11
or later.
DA Nude,circumcisedmale.
examined, they show that statues from the same tomb are consistent with
each other. That is, if is
one statue circumcised, all the others from the same
tomb are also circumcised; if one is uncircumcised, the others are consistent
with that. CatalogueNo. A 12 comes from a tomb from which the other nude
statue is a circumcised one, and thus it also is probably circumcised. There
are twelve statueswhich are nude, ranging in date from the reign of Unas to
that of Pepi 11.160The ratio of nude to clothed statues is between one in ten
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andonein eleven.
There are five representations of statues which are circumcised,
ranging in datefrom the reign of Nyuserre to the reign of Teti, 161andtwo
which are uncircumcised, dating to the reign of Pepi 11.162One is
indeterminate,and as it is the only one from its tomb it cannotbe deduced
163
either. Nude stone statues from the Old Kingdom also appearto be
164
circumcised.
It is possiblethat the nudestatueswereoriginally suppliedwith linen
garments.However,wheneverlinen garmentshavesurvivedon a statue,that
statuehashada short,plain, white, paintedskirt on underneath.
Three statuesfrom Catalogue B are nude and circumcised.165They date
from the reign of Teti andthe reign of PepiIl.
DAb Nude,uncircumcisedmale,probablyboy.
One statue from Catalogue B and four from Catalogue C are nude and
160 Catalogue Nos. A12-13,21,26,29,36,46-48,54,67,
and 68.
161 Eaton-Krauss Nos. 27-28,34-35,
and 43.
162 Eaton-Krauss Nos. 154
and 155.
163 Eaton-Krauss No. 46,
temp. Teti - Pepi L
164 E. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Inv. Nr. 7506:, Seipel, Bilder, No. 34.
g.
165 Catalogue Nos. B 12,34,
and 40.
166 Catalogue Nos. B6,2 1,
and 23.
167 Catalogue No. B50.
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uncircumcised. 168B37 can be dated to the reign of Pepi 11.169
Two representations of statues are nude and uncircumcised. 170They both
date to the first half of the reign of Pepi H. Sons accompanying their parents
in groupstatuesareuncircumcised.
One statuefrom Catalogue A wears this skirt, dating to the reign of Unas.171
It is possible that it once had the painted decoration of a half-goffered kilt
Two statues from Catalogue B 173and one from Catalogue C 174wear this
skirt. B 19 dates to the reign of Pepi I- Merenre, B42 to the end of the reign
of Pepi 11.No date can be assignedto C15.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this skirt, No. B22, which dates to the
D. 6 A plain, above the knee skirt with no decorative elementsat all. (Fig. 3)
171CatalogueNo. A23.
172E. flildesheirn Inv. Nr. 13: Eggebrecht,AR, No. 14.
g.
173CatalogueNos. B 19
and 42.
174CatalogueNo. C15.
175CatalogueNos. A37,58-60,63,73,79-81,101,110-116.
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Thirty representationsof statueswear this skirt, ranging in date from the
It is also known 177
reignof Menkaureto that of pepi 11.176 on stonestatues.
from
Fifteen statues Catalogue B wear this kilt. 178They rangein datefrom
the reign of Pepi I to the end of the Old Kingdom. One statue from
CataloaueC, C4, datingto the endof the Old Kingdom, wearsthis skirt.
C)
Female
DU Nudefemale,legstogether.
There are eight statuesfrom CatalogueA in this category, one of which dates
to the reign of Merenre, 188 and all the others to the end of the Old
Kingdom. 189All of the statuesexcept the first come from tombs where the
185Eaton-Krauss
Nos.30,40,and129.
186 E. Cairo JE 40679: Saleh/Sourouzian, Egyptian Museum, No. 33; Hildesheim
g. Inv. Nr. 1:
Eggebrecht,AR, No. 13; etc.
187 CatalogueNos. BIO
and 68. BIO is the femalein a pa.ir statue.
188CatalogueNo. A49.
189CatalogueNos. A 119-125.
190E. Louvre E 20576:Delange,Catalogue,188-189.
g.
191Eaton-KraussNos. 1-3,50,58,
and 59.
192E. Cairo JE 51820: Saleh/Sourouzian,EgyptianMuseunz,No. 39.
g.
42
B9 datesto the reign of Unas, all of the others date to the end of the Old
Kingdom.
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the end of the Old Kingdom has her
195
left leg advanced.
There are no representations of statues with this posture, but stone statues
often have their left leg 196
advanced.
Two statuesfrom Catalogue B wear this dress.197They both date to the reign
of Unas.
193CatalogueNos. B9,67,69-73.
194CatalogueNos. C5-7.
195CatalogueNo. A 118.
196 E. Boston MFA 11.738: Vandier, Manuel, PI. V, 3; Worcester 1934.48:
g. op. cit., Pl. XVIL 2;
Cairo JE 72214: op. cit., Pl. XIX, 2; etc.
197CatalogueNos. BI
and 3.
198CatalogueNo. A127.
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ARMS
Male
other hand, there is no other category which would match their extant
positioning. They range in date from the middle of the reign of Pepi 11to just
after the end of that reign.
A. 2 The right ann is parallel to the right side, the left arm is bent across the chest
with the lower arm angled up towards the right shoulder. The left hand is a
naturalfist, the tight is holdinga Steinkem.(Fig. 6a)
44
this manner. 204
A. 2a Right ann parallel with a pierced fist, the left is held up across the chest with
the hand open. (Fig. 6a)
One statuefrom CatalogueA dating to the reign of Unas holds his armsin
206
this manner.
No representations
of statuesor stonestatueshold their arrnsin this manner.
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or CatalogueC belongto this category.
A. 2c Only the upper part of the left arm is extant, but the slot in the elbow implies
that the forearm was held acrossthe chest.
A. 3 The tight ann is pendant,the left is bentforwardat the elbow. Both handsare
piercedfists. (Fig. 6a)
This is the manner of holding the arms when a walking staff and sceptreare
the attributes. It is a posture confined to wooden statuesand two-dimensional
representationsof the tomb owner and his 207
statues.
Twenty-four statues from Catalogue A hold their arms in this way, and
although most are now missing their attributes, these are generally
consideredto have been the walking staff and the sceptre.However, there are
significantly more extant staffs than sceptres, so we should be careful when
assuming that the second attribute was always the sceptre, even though the
204Catalogue
No. A2.
205Eg.CairoCG 176:Vandier,Manuel,Pl. XXVI, 3.
206Catalogue No. A29.
207
op.cit.,90,XVI D.
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representationsshow that the sceptrewas the usual accompaniment.The
statuesrange in date from late Dynasty IV through to the end of Dynasty
V1.208
Therearethirty-ninerepresentations of statueswith the staff andsceptre,both
seatedand striding, or with their arms in this posture but missing one or
in 209
otherattributeto show that they are an unfinishedstate. They rangein
datefrom the reign of Menkaureto that of Pepi11.
Five statuesfrom CatalogueB210and one from CatalogueC211hold their
arms in this manner. They range in date from the reign of Teti to the last
yearsof Pepi11or slightly later.
Two statuesfrom Catalogue B fall into this category.215The first datesto the
reign of Pepi I, the secondto the last years of Pepi 11at the earliest.
Two representations of statues appear to hold their right hand as a natural
208CatalogueNos.A3,5-6,10,13-17,20-21,24-25,35-36,38,45-46,54,59-60,77,92,and103.
209 Eaton-KraussNos.7,37,44-45,55-56,68,75,78,87-91,98,100,105-108,117-118,121-124,
126,132-133,138,141,143,145-148,150,154, and 155.The statuesmissingtheir staff areall
seated(Nos.56,117,and122)andarediscussed 16-17§14.
by Eaton-Krauss,
210CatalogueNos.B13,19,33,58,
and62.
211CatalogueNo.C3.
212CatalogueNos.A42,48,55,
and58.
213Eaton-KraussNos.4 and25.
214CatalogueNo. B29.
215Catalogue
Nos.B 14and61.
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f1st.216The former datesto the reign of Menkaure,the latter to thetransition
period of the reigns of Unas and Teti.
One statuefrom Catalogue B is in this situation. No. B24 datesto early in the
A. 3d As A. 3, with the right hand as a natural fist and the left clasping a removable
plug of wood.
AA The arms are placed on the knees of a seated figure. The right hand is a
Three statuesfrom CatalogueA hold their arms and handsin this fashion,
datingfrom the reignof Unasto that of Pepi11.218
One representationof a statueholds its arms in this manner,dating to the
reign of Menkaure.219 Stone statues from Dynasties V and VI hold their
in
arms this way. 220
One statuefrom CatalogueB, No. B2, has its arms in this position.It dates
216 Eaton-KraussNos. 4
and 25.
217 CatalogueNos. B 16
and 37.
218 CatalogueNos. A 11,5 1,
and 73.
219 Eaton-KraussNo. 5. It is
a stonestatue.
220 They
also hold the Steinkern,e.g. Cairo JE 30273: Saleh/Sourouzian,Egyptian Museum, No.
44; JE 87805:op. cit., No. 56; etc.
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to the transitionperiodof the reignsof IsesiandUnas.
A. 4a As A. 4, but with the fingers of the right fist downwards on the knee. (Fig. 7)
Thereis one statuefrom CatalogueA with this mannerof holding the arms
andhands, datingto the reignof 221
Unas.
There are no examples of representations of statues with this pose, but
severalseatedstone statueshave it. 222
A. 4b The arms are on the knees of a seatedfigure, but the hands are too damaged
to seewhat position they have.
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the middle or end of the reign of Pepi
Il is in this category.223
Onestatuefrom CatalogueB is in this situation,No. B45, which datesto the
middle or endof the reign of Pepi11.
A. 4c The arms are placed along the knees of a seatedfigure, with the right hand
open and with the palm downwards. The left hand is a natural fist with the
thumbuppermost.(Fig. 7)
One statue from Catalogue A dating to late in the reign of Pepi 11has this
224
pose.
There are five representationsof seatedstatues which have both hands open
with the palms downwards on the knees. 225 They range in date from the
48
wood with this position for the handsandarmsbetweenDynastyIV andlate
Pepi 11in Dynasty VI. This is a position popular in the repertory for Dynasty
IV stone statues.226
No statuefrom either Catalogue B or CatalogueC falls into this category.
One statue from Catalogue B holds the hands in this manner, No. B44,
which dates to the middle or end of the reign of Pepi 11.
No representationsof statuesfall into this category. It is a common position
for stone statuesof the Old Kingdom. 227
A. 5 Both handsholding a papyrusroll in the lap. The handshold the roll open
and are resting on the thighs with the thumbs uppermost. This is the position
for readingratherthanwriting.
Two figures of scribes from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Unas hold
in
their arms this way. 228
Several Old Kingdom scribe statueshold their arms in this way. 229
There are no statuesin either CatalogueB or CatalogueC in this category.
Four statuesfrom Catalogue A ranging in date from the reign of Unas to the
nLON' 49
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1ý
MON
UNIV
IV
posture.
One statue from Catalogue B, No. B41, belongs to this category. It dates to
the middle or end of the reign of Pepi 11.
A. 7 The armsare pendantwith the left handopen.The fingers of the right hand
are on the front surfaceof the projecting-panelkilt, with the thumb behind.
(Fig. 6b)
Seven statues from Catalogue A have their arms in this position, ranging in
date from the reign of Teti to the end of the Old Kingdom. 233
Four representations of statues have their arms in this position, ranging in
date from the reign of Nyuserre to that of Pepi 11.234No stone statues fall
into this category.
One statuefrom Catalogue B is in this category, No. B 17, which datesto the
reign of Pepi 1.
231Catalogue
Nos. A52 and 72.
232CatalogueNos. B22,32,42,60,65.
233 Catalogue
Nos. A39,43-44,61.66,83, and 105.
234 Eaton-KraussNos. 57,80,135,
and 153.
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A. 7a Right handon front flap, left arm missing.
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Pepi 11has his arms in
this position.235
Five statuesfrom Catalogue A dating to the reign of Pepi 11or later have their
in 236
arms this position.
There are no representationsof statuesor stone statuesin this category.
One statuefrom Catalogue B is in this category, No. B39, which datesto the
A. 7c Right hand on front flap, left arm crossedonto the chestand the left hand
open on the right hand side of the chest. (Fig. 6b)
One statuefrom Catalogue A dating to the end of the reign of Pepi 11has this
237
pose.
There are no representationsof statuesor stone statuesin this category.
No statuefrom eitherCatalogueB or CatalogueC falls into this category.
51
A.7e As A.7, but with the left handclaspedandpierced.(Fig. 6b)
One statue from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Merenre, 239 and three
of Pepi 11.
Five statues from Catalogue A from the reign of Pepi II and later have their
in
an-ns this position.242
52
AM As A.8, with the left handclaspingthe Steink-em.
(Fig. 6b)
Five representationsof statueshave this posture for their arms, and range in
date from the reign of Menkauhor to that of Pepi 1.244A further eleven
statueshave only one of their arms visible, with the hand a natural fist. It is
probable that the other, invisible, hand was held in 245
the samemanner. They
range in date from the reign of Nyuserre to year 15 of Pepi 11.There is
fist, depicting Nyuserre. 246
apparentlyonly one stone statuewith an empty
Five statuesfrom Catalogue B fall into this category.247They all date to the
reign of Pepi 11. One further statue from Catalogue B, No. B47, has a
damaged right hand. There is no doubt that the hand was once a natural fist,
however. The statuedatesto the end of the reign of Pepi 11or slightly later.
One statue from Catalogue A is in this category. No. A68 datesto the reign
of Pepi H.
Four statuesfrom Catalogue B belong to this category.248Three of them are
missing their right arms, and could also, therefore, have once belonged to
category AA B66 can only have been in this category. They range in date
53
from the reign of Unasto the endof the Old Kingdom.
A. 9b, As A. 9, but with a hole bored through the statuenear the right hand.
One statue from Catalogue B belongs to this category. Nos. B36 dates to the
A. 10 The left arm is pendantwith the handa piercedfist. The right arm is crossed
up onto the chestwith thehandopenon the left handsideof the chest.
(Fig. 6a)
One statuefrom CatalogueA dating to the reign of Pepi 11has its arms in
249
this position.
250
7'hispositionis rarein the repertoryof stonestatues.
There are no statuesin either CatalogueB or CatalogueC in this category.
C
One statue from Catalogue A is in this situation, dating to the reign of Pepi
11.251
One statuefrom Catalogue C falls into this category, No. CK which cannot
be reliably dated.
A. 12 Arms pendant with the left hand as a natural fist and the right hand open.
(Fig. 6a)
Only one statue from Catalogue A holds his arms in this way, dating to the
54
A. 12a Arms parallelwith the left handopenandthe right claspedandpierced.
(Fig. 6a)
A. 13 Left arm pendant with a pierced fist. The right ann is pendent to the elbow
and was then held forward. The forearm is now missing. (Fig. 6a)
One statuefrom Catalogue B falls into this category, No. B43, wWch datesto
55
of Pepi 1.1 have beenunableto find any stonestatuesthat hold their hands
openby their sides.
One statuefrom Catalogue B falls into this category, No. B74, which datesto
A. 17 The left ann is pendant with an open hand. The right arm is bent up at the
elbow and the index finger is restingon the lower lip. The restof the handis
fisted.(Fig. 6a)
Female
AM Both armsmissing.
Four statues, two from Catalogue B257 and two from Catalogue C'258 are
255 For Cairo 51280: Saleh/Sourouzian, Egyptian Museum, No. 39; CG 202: Vandier,
example, JE
Manuel, Pl. XXX, 5; CG 55:ýBorchardt, Statuen,Pl. 14; etc.
256 CatalogueNo. A4.
257 CatalogueNos. B5
and 70.
258 CatalogueNos. C6-7.
56
missing one arm. No. B5 datesto the reign of Unas,the othersto the endof
the Old Kingdom.
Two statues from Catalogue A, 259 one from the reign of Nyuserre and the
other from the end of the Old Kingdom, fall into this category. It is likely that
the missing arm in both cases matched the extant one.
Three statues from Catalogue B260 and one from Catalogue C261 are in this
category. Nos. B3 and B4 date to the reign of Unas, the other two to the end
259 CatalogueNos. A7
and 127.
260CatalogueNos. B34
and 68.
261 CatalogueNo. C5.
262 E. Cairo JE 87806: Saleh/Sourouzian,Egyptian Museum,No. 56; Hildesheirn Inv. Nr. 418:
g.
Eggebrecht,AR, No. 27; Boston MFA 30.1456: Vandier, Manuel, P1.XIII, 2; British Museum EA
24619: op. cit., Pl. XV, 2; Cairo JE 72214: op. cit., Pl. XIX, 2; Leiden RMO AST 9 (D 125): op.
cit., Pl. XXXIV, 1; etc.
263 CatalogueNos. A22,30-32,49,102,117-125.
264 Eaton-KraussNos. 2,6,
and 50.
265 CatalogueNos. B 1,9,67,69,71-73.
57
AfA Missing the right arm, which was probably parallel. The left arm is held
aroundthe husband.
One statuefrom CatalogueB, No. B 10, the femalein a pair statue,is in'this
category. She datesto the reign of Unas.
There are no representations of pair statues. Stone pair statues have the
woman holding her husband with the right arm paraHeland an open hand. 266
266 For
example: Berkeley, Lowic Museum of Anthropology 6-19775: op. cit., Pl. XXV, 4; Cairo
JE 35565: op. cit., Pl. XLL 4.
58
ACCESSORIES (both sexes)
59
Seventyrepresentationsof statueshavea walking staff in their hand,ranging
in date from the reign of Menkaure to that of Pepi 11.274They are all
representationsof wooden statues275 and are both seatedand striding. The
only stone statuesknown to have a walking staff are those of Sepain the
Louvre,276which hold the staff againstthebody.
Two statuesfrom CatalogueB and one from CatalogueC have a walking
277
staff. They rangein datefrom the reignof Teti to the last yearsof PepiH
or slightly later.
Eight male statues from Catalogue A have or once had inlaid eyes.278They
range in date from the end of Dynasty IV to early in the reign of Pepi 11.
They are usually of quartz and rock crystal, and the more elaborate ones are
87-92,94-95,98-100,105-114,117-118,121-126,131-134,138-141,143-148,150,152,154-156.
275 Eaton-Krauss, Representations,
57 §65.
276
Louvre A 37 and A 38: Ziegler, The Louvre, 24.
277 Catalogue Nos. B 13,19,
and Catalogue C3.
278 Catalogue Nos.
A5-6,13,27,37,43-44, and 54.
279
E. g. Louvre E 3023: Ziegler, The Louvre, 26 top; Cairo CG 3 and CG 4: Saleh/Sourouzian,
Egyptian Museum, No. 27.
280 Catalogue
Nos. C5 and C6, both of which date to the end of the Old Kingdom.
281
Catalogue Nos. B18,20,33 and C13.
60
AcS Sporranof tassels(males).
Ac. 6 Black painted moustache (males). This is perhaps a strange feature to list
Two statues from Catalogue A have their natural hair visible under their
286
wigs. They both date to the reign of Unas.
This feature is not visible on the representationsof statues,but is common on
287
stone statues.
282 Catalogue Nos. A6,42,55,
and 77.
283 CL Staehelin, Tracht, 30-3 1; E. Cairo CG 47
g. and CG 119: Borchardt, Statuen 1.43 & 91,
Pis. 12 & 26.
284 Catalogue Nos. A8,15,27,41,
and 77.
285 E. Cairo CG 3: Saleh/Sourouzian, Egyptian Museum, No. 27; CG 133: No. 48; JE
g. op. cit.,
66617: op. cit., No. 51; etc.
286 Catalogue Nos. A22 30.
and
Cý
287 E. Cairo CG 4: Saleh/Sourouzian, Egyptian Museum, No. 27; JE 51280: No. 39; JE
g. op. cit.,
61
Two statuesfrom Catalogue B have their natural hair visible undertheir
288
wigs. One datesto the reign of Nyuserre,
the otherto the reign of Una.
s.
Five statues from Catalogue A have this feature, one dating to the reign of
Unas and the others to the end of the reign of Pepi 11.289
It is not possible to determine whether any representations of statueshave
this feature. When only the profile is on view, it is generally assumedthat the
other hand is identical to the visible one. Seated stone statues have this
feature.290
Tbree statuesfrom CatalogueB are in this category.291They date to the reign
Ac.9 Sceptre(males).
in
Five statuesfrom Catalogue A have a sceptre their right hands,293 and one
has an extant sceptre but no arms.294They range in date from the reign of
Unas to the reign of Pepi 11.
Thirty-eight representationsof statues have a sceptre in one of their hands,
62
depending on the direction in face. 95 All of thesehave a staff in
which they
the other hand. They range in date from the reign of Menkaure to that of Pepi
IL Stone statuesdo not carry sceptres.
One statuefrom Catalogue C is in this category. No. C2 datesto the reign of
Pepi 11or slightly later.
Two scribe statuesfrom Catalogue A, dating to the reign of Unas, and from
the tomb of Metri, hold bookrolls open on their laps. 296The posture is that
63
No representationsof statuesor stone statueshave this combination of
accessories.
Six statuesfrom CatalogueB fall into this category.300They rangein date
from the reign of Unasto the middle or endof the reign of Pepi11.
Only one statue from Catalogue A wears sandals, dating to the reign of Pepi
1.301
302
of statueswearsandals. They dateto DynastyHI, the
Fourrepresentations
reign of Menkauhor,and the reign of Teti. Thereare no actualstonestatues
wearing sandals known from the Old KingdoM303 but they are often
depictedon or nearthe tomb ownerin two-dimensionalrepresentations.304
Although no femalesfrom CatalogueA wear black sandals,no malesfrom
CataloguesB and C do either.One femalefrom CatalogueB, No. B70, and
one from CatalogueC, No. C5, wear black sandals.They dateto the endof
the Old Kingdom.
Ac. 14 Falsebeard(males).
Two statues from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Pepi 11have false
305
beards.
Thirty representations
of statueswear false beards,
ranging in datefrom the
reign of Menkauhor to the end of the reign of Pepi 11.306It appearsto be
confined to relief depictionsratherthan stonestatuesof the tomb owner in
the Old Kingdom.
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or CatalogueC arein this category.
300 CatalogueNos. B 10,16,29,37,45-46. No. B 10 is
the male in a pair statue.
301 CatalogueNo. A44.
302 Eaton-KraussNos. 132-133,136,
and 149.
303 Staehelin,Tracht, 98.
304 SeeHarpur,Decoration,323-7,369-76 [25].
305CatalogueNos. A59
and 74.
306 Eaton-KraussNos. 26-28,63-68,75-76,79,96-98,100,102,105-107,113-114,117,118,123,
141,146-148,and 157.
64
Ac. 15 Linen wrappedaroundthe waist (male-sandfernýles). '""
One statue from Catalogue C is in this category, No. C4, which dates to the
end of the Old Kingdom. It is possible that many more statues once had
linen wrapped around them, but that this has not survived.
No representations of statues fall into this category. I have been unable to
find any stone statueswith linen wrapped around them.
65
JEWELLERY (both sexes)
J. 1 Broad collar.307
Six statuesfrom CatalocrueA wear this amulet around their neck, ranging in
date from the reign of Snefru to the end of the Old Kingdom. 316
66
Nyuserre tO'Isesi, the other to the period of Unas-Teti.317Staehelin saysthat
317Eaton-Krauss
Nos.36and100.
318 Staebelin,Tracht, 103; E. Cairo CG 83; CG 98: Borchardt,Statuen1., 66-67,77, Pl. 19.
g.
319 CatalogueNo. C 11.
320 CatalogueNos. A6-7,15,19,24,26,30,32,4 1, and 77. The femalesare CatalogueNos. A7,30
and 32.
321 Eaton-KraussNos. 100
and 147.
322 Examples
are hard to list as the rear view is not usually shown in illustrations.
323 CatalogueNos. B 1,2
and 9. B2 is male.
324 Wilkinson, Jewellery,47; Staehelin,Tracht, 123-124.
325 CatalogueNo. A7.
326 CatalogueNo. A32.
67
No representation of a female statuewearsthis pectoral,nor haveI beenable
to find it on stonestatuesof females.
One female statuefrom CatalogueB wears this pectoral'327dating to the
reign of Nyuseffe.
One female statue from Catalogue A has bracelets of this type, dating to the
reign of 329
Unas.
No representations of statueswear this type of bracelet, although this could
be a result of the original painting no longer being present. Staehelin in her
discussion of arm and leg decorations mentions two types of bracelets, the
single broad band and the several thin bangles. This type is neither of those,
although it could possibly be a very decorative type of broad band. Both
Wilkinson and Aldred discuss braceletsmade up of horizontal rows of beads
with vertical spacerbars, and this is very likely a depiction of that type. 330
No statuesfrom either CatalogueB or CatalogueC are in this category.
t:l C!
J. 6 Plain wristbands.331
68
and one male (No. B37). The former datesto the reign of Unas,the latterto
the reign of Pepi11.
One female statue from Catalogue A dating to the reign of Unas has this
335 Catalogue No. A7, another female, dating to the reign of
combination.
Nyuserre, may also have matching braceletsand anklets.
No representationsof statueswear this combination. Anklets were only worn
by female statues in the Old Kingdom'336 but it is not clear whether they
337
bracelets.
always match the
Two female statues, one from Catalogue B and one from Catalogue C'338
wear matching bracelets and anklets. No. BI datesto the reign of Nyuserre.
One statue from Catalogue B wears this necklace, No. B70, which dates to
J. 12 Several lines of beads around the neck. then one wide ribbon %%,
hich tapers
down between the breasts.348
343
017.cit, I 11.
344 Catalogue Nos.
A41 and 44.
345 E.
g. Blackman, Meir V, Pl. 14; Capart, Rue. Pl. 49.
346 Catalogue Nos.
B54-55.
347
This is not discussed in any of the literature. It may be related to the next necklace, but only
wrapped around the body once rather than several times.
348
This is not discussed in any of the literature on jewellery.
70
STANCE
where estimates are made of the distance the left foot is advanced. The survey is
chronological. Eaton-Krauss in her survey of representations of statues does not
differentiate betweenthe degreesthat the left leg is advanced,describing all as "striding" -
probably S.3, as far as can be judged from her illustrations. Stone statuesare restricted
by their material, and tend to have their left legs less far advancedthan representationsor
Male
71
from the reign of Unas to the end of the Old Kingdom. Two statuesfrom
CatalogueC arein this category.355
L,
63-64,67-68,75,78-81,83,85-91,94-95,98-114,116,1-18,120-121,123-126,131-133,135-148,
150,152-155.
359 CatalogueNos. BS, 14-15,17,19,24,26,28,30,32,40,42,5.1,54,58,61,
and 75.
360 CatalogueNos. A5,9,12-13,17,21,25-26,52,8 1, and 94.
361CatalogueNos. B 10,13,16,21,35-36,53.55-56,59-60,62-63,
and 65.
362 CatalogueNos. C8,9
and 15.
72
SAa Legsmissing,but left was advanced.
One statuefrom Catalogue B, No. B49, is in this category. It datesto the end
S.5 Seated.
73
369
stone statues.
Three statues from Cataloaue B are in this category. 3M They range in date
Lý r:I
from the reign of Isesi (B2) to the middle or end of the reign of Pepi 11(1344
and B45).
Two statuesfrom Catalogue A are of scribes, one is missing its legs, but it is
very unlikely that the), were other than crossed.371 They both date to the
reign of Unas.
There are no representationsof statuesof scribes. Stone statuesof scribes are
common. 372
S.7 Legstogether.
Female
The legs of two statuesfrom Catalogue A are too damagedfor their stanceto
be determined.377
No statuesfrom eitherCatalogueB or CatalogueC arein this category.
One statue from Catalogue B is in this category. No. B3 dates to the reign of
Unas.
Sf.2 Legstogether.
75
statueswith this stanceandwearinga sheathdressrancein datefrom the end
of the reign of Nyuserreto the endof the reign of Pepi11,while nudestatues
with their legs 179
together. all date to the end of the Old Kingdom, except
A49 wWchdatesto the reign of Merenre.
Nine representationsof female statuesshow this stance.Six wear sheath
dressesand rangein date from the reign of Menkaureto the reign of Pepi
1.38()
Threerepresentationsof statuesare probably nude, and datefrom the
reigns of Shepseskafand Pepi 11.381This stancein combination with a
sheath dressis commonon stonestatuesthroughoutthe Old Kingdom.382 I
have beenunable to locate any nude stone statuesof adult females,only
childrenin groupstatues.
Nine statuesfrom CatalogueB arein this category.Two wearsheathdresses.
B 10,the femalein a pair statue,which datesto the reign of Unas.and B68,
wffich datesto the endof the Old Kingdom. The 383
othersevenare nude. B9
datesto the reign of Unas,the othersto the endof the Old Kingdom. Three
nudestatues from Catalogue C have this 384
stance.
C)
One statue from Catalogue A has this stance, dating to the end of the Old
Kingdom. 385
No representations of statues have this stance. It is uncommon in the
386
repertory of stone statues.
No statues from either Catalo-ue
C,
B or Catalo-Ue
C
C are in this cate-
ýory-
76
SUa Left leg advancedalmostto endof right foot.
One statue from Catalogue A has this stance, dating to the end of the Old
Kingdom. 387
No representationsof statueshave this stance.It is known in the repertory of
388
stone statues.
One statue from Catalogue B, No. B 1, is in this category. It dates to the end
77
CHAPTER 3.
Catalogue Nos. Al and A2, Pis. I&2, JE 87698 and JE 87699 respectively,both
come from SaqqaraMastaba S3079, which was excavatedby C. M. Firth between
Januaryand April 1931. Unfortunately, apart from a preliminary report in ASAE 31
(1931), theseexcavationshave remainedunpublished.From Firth's notebook,now in
University College London, Departmentof Egyptology, we learn that Cemetery3000
lies immediatelyto the westof the tomb of Hesy,Dynasty 111,389
andappearsto consist
of burials from DynastiesIII and IV. The excavationphotographonly tells us that the
statueswere found side by side in what appearsto be an enclosedserdab.Where this
390
serdabwas located in the mastabais not clear. Reisner391discussesthe group of
mastabasto which S3079belongs,S3077-3081.S3077 and 3078 arethe oldestin the
group and he datesthem to the period covering the reigns of Snefru and Cheops.The
other three mastabas,S3079-81, which he calls irregular mastabaS392 becausetheir
orientationis differentto the precedingones,areof type VI, which datesto DynastiesIII
and IV. He considersthem to be later than S3078becausethey are further to the south-
west,that is, closerto the edgeof the Archaic Cemetery,and to the beginningof the Old
Kingdom Cemetery,and suggestsa date towards the end of Dynasty IV, that is, later
thanthe reign of Cheops.
The statuesshowthe tomb ownerin two separateguises.JE 87698,CatalogueNo.
A 1, is a striding male (S.1), wearingan echelon-curlwig which coversthe ears(W. 1),
anda knee-length kilt
wrap-around with a fold down the right sidewhich in
extends a tab
the
above waistband just to the left of the navel (D. 1). The left arm is pendantwith the
fist claspedaround a Steinkern,and although the right is not presenton the original
it
photograph, appears to have been found nearby,and has been restoredto the statue.It,
too, is pendantwith the fist claspedarounda Steinkern(A. 1). The lower parts of the
legsarein a poor condition,but the baseis extant,andthe left leg is clearly advancedin a
stride.
JE 87699, CatalogueNo. A2, is also a striding male (S.2), but this time wearing
389 That is,
the tomb of Hesyre,S2405[A31.
390 For discussion
a of the importanceof the location of the serdabseeShoukry, SASAE15,191 ff.
391 TombDevelopment169,205,385,
and 388.
392
q17.cit., 385.
78
the close-fittingcoiffure with carvedhorizontallines (W.2), anda half-gofferedkilt with
an elaborateknot, a comerof the cloth protrudingabovethe waistbandas a tabto the left
of the navel,andpleatson the right handside,which continueto halfway aroundthe back
(D.2). His right arrn is pendantwith the fist clasping a Steinkeni,the left is pendantto
the elbow and is then bent up acrossthe chestwith the hand clenchedas a naturalfist
(A.2).393The left leg is advancedin a stride althoughthe foot is missing.The right foot
is securedinto the original base.Both basesappearto havebeenuninscribed.
Of all the featuresof thesetwo statues,the most interestingone is the positionof
the left hand of JE 87699. Shoukry, in his discussionof the developmentof stancein
394
Old Kingdom statues, suggeststhat armswere placedcloseto the body becauseof
the restrictionsof the materialused,which was usually stone.The statueof Sepain the
Louvre is the oldest known private stonestatue,and it has its left arm held acrossthe
chest,and is also holding a staff. The pose is very stiff. Wood395views the problem
from the other side.Shebelievesthat the statueof Sepais evidencefor the existenceof
wooden statuary 'from the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty', and that the stone
sculptors were trying to copy a wooden stance rather than the limitations of stone
encouraginga changeto wood.
Reliefs in tombs of the sameperiod show that the striding figure of the tomb
owner holding the staff and sceptre was the most favoured depiction and, right from the
earliest instances of its use the stance of wooden statues was in line with the
representations, that is, the left arm was usually bent forward at the elbow and clasped
around a staff. JE 87699 may be a preliminary step, an intermediate stagebetween the
more static stone statuesand the later more active wooden ones. In other words, although
the material allowed more flexibility in the positioning of the arms, the sculptor seemsto
have preferred to keep to a stance more in line with the stone statuesbeing produced at
that time.
Another interesting feature is the kilt worn by JE 87698. This is a style restricted to
Dynasties IV and V, and in fact I know of only two other examples'396both of which
393 1 know
of only two other examplesof the left fist claspedon the right breastof a woodenstatue,
one is the male in the pair statueLouvre N 2293, probably Dyn. VI (Catalogue B 10, Pl. 74d-f), the
other is the Dyn. XII statueLiverpool 1.9.14.1from Harageh(Pl. 3a).
394Shoukhry,SASAE15,55ff.
395
op. cit., 2 1.
396 CG 34, Cat. No. A3; JE 93169,Cat. No. A 19.
79
reachbelow the knee.The knee-lengthexampleappearsto be the earliertype.
was not finished. This may explain why the highest title found in the tomb was only'thai
of a lector priest. He suggests a date of late Dynasty IV for the tomb, adding that the
burial is close to the group of mastabas to which S3079 belongs, but is probably later
than them as it is in the Old Kingdom Cemetery and not the Archaic Cemetery. In
HESPOK he adjusts this estimate to the beginning of Dynasty V'402 but basesthat on
the style of the statue and not that of the tomb. I prefer the slightly earlier date as this is
more securely supported by the known facts.
The style of the coiffure and of the kilt are both interesting. The former is a variant
of the in
close-fitting coiffure with natural waves, with a slight curve the hairline visible
on the forehead (W. 2a).403The kilt on CG 34 is the same style as JE 87699, discussed
above (DA), but in this case it is longer than knee-length. The left arm is held forward
from the elbow and is clasping a staff, although this is a modem copy of the original
exhibition of 1889.404
397 CG 34,
the Sheikhel-Beled, Cat. No. A3; CG 33, his wife, Cat. No. A4.
398 See list
the given by Vandersleyen,JEA 69 (1983), 61-65.
399 First known from
the mortuary temple of Menkaure,cf. Wood, JEA 60 (1974), 82-93.
400 Capart, JEA 6 (1920), 227.
401 For
a plan of a typical Dynasty IV mastabaseeSpencer,Death, 223, fig. 98.
402 48.
p.
403 Catalogue No. A44,
a statue from the tomb of Metjetji now in the Nelson Atkins Museum,
KansasCity, NA 51-1, also has a very slight peak in the centre of the forehead,but the coiffure is
smooth.
80
CG 33, CatalogueNo. A4, Pl. 3c, is the earliestextantfemalestatuein the corpus.
Shewearsa striated,flared andpartedwig, covering her ears(Wf. 1), anda sheathdress
indicated only by its shoulder strapsas the lower part of the statue is missing (Df. 1).
pyramid complex of Nyuseffe. Its surface condition is rather rough, but the lined coiffure
which is typical of Dynasties IV and V is clearly visible (W. 2). The statue is wearing a
knee-length projecting-panel kilt with an elaborate sporran (D. 3). The right arm is
pendantwith the fist pierced, and the left was bent forward at the elbow, but the forearm
is now missing (A. 3). The statue is standing on an inscribed base, and a further line of
inscription runs up the side seamof the kilt.
Catalogue No. A7, Pl. 6, is a female statue with the typical Dynasty V wig type -
the flared, parted,striatedwig, coveringthe earsM. 1). Only tracesremainof the thick
paintedplasterlayer which coveredthe entirestatue,andtheseshow that it wore a broad
collar with a counterpoise (J.3) and a necklacesuspendinga pectoralor heavypendant
(J.4) over the sheathdress(Df. 2). Only one of the arms is extant(Af. 2) and that hangs
pendantwith an openhand.
81
Catalogue No. A8, Cairo JE 40037, PI. 7 c-d, is the head of a statueof the Vizier
Rashepses.
It was excavatedin Quibell's 1907-8seasonat Saqqaraand comesfrom the
serdabof MastabaLS 16 [S902],just north of the StepPyramid.It canbe datedwith an
unusualdegreeof accuracythanksto the preservationon the walls of the tomb of a letter
addressedto Rashepsesas Vizier by Djedkare 408
Isesi. The headhasthe closely shaven
coiffure which becomesparticularlypopularin DynastyVI (W.3).
Catalogue No. A9, Cairo JE 28816, Pl. 7 a-b, comes from Akhmim, but unfortunately
Catalogue No. A10, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA 26.9.2, P1.8, and
Catalogue No. A 11, MMA 26.9.3, Pl. 9, are two statuesof Kaemsenufrom his
mastabain the western part of the Teti pyramid cemetery at Saqqara.He has been dated
variously to the end of Dynasty V, 412 to
and early Dynasty V1.413The discovery of a
408 Sethe, Urk. 1,179-180. For a discussion of the dating of this tomb see Strudwick,
Administration, 116-7. See also Harpur, Decoration, 275 [4561.
409 Several
statues said to be from Akhmim (Cat. Nos. A9, B6, B26, B29, B72) arrived in the
Cairo Museum in this year. The site was not properly excavated until the 1980's when a team from
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, under the direction of Naguib Kanawati began work there.
Their results are published in a series of ten volumes: The Rock Tombs of El-Ha%, awish: The
Cemetejy of Akhmim. A brief visit by Newberry in 1912 to record the tombs (LAAA 4 [1912], 99-
120), and a publication of one of those tombs by Vandier in 1936 (ASAE 36 [1936], 33-44) are the
only previous recorded actions taken by Egyptologists. All artifacts from this area which predate the
Australian excavations, therefore, are the result of unrecorded and illicit plundering.
410 Kanawati, EI-Ha%,
awish VII, 57, Pl. 18a.
411
cil'. V, 37 ff.
01_7.
412 Strudwick, Administration, 150-151; Baer, Rank and Title, [528] 143-144; Harpur,
82
bundle of reeds sealed with the seal of Isesi at the bottom of the pit leading to an
undisturbedburial chamberof a woman414forms a tenninusante quent.The statuesof
Kaemsenuboth wear the half-gofferedkilt (D.2) and MMA 26.9.2hasthe echelon-curl
wig which covers the ears (W. 1). MMA 26.9.3 wears a striatedwig reachingto just
aboveshoulder length and which reveals the ears(W.4). According to Staehelin415
this
wig first appearsin DynastyIV, but only becomespopularduring DynastyV on statues
from Saqqara,alongsidethe echelon-curlwig. Later in the Old Kingdom it supersedes
the echelon-curlwig, but this appearsto hold true only for stonestatues.MMA 26.9.2
hasa pendantright arm and the left is bent forward at the elbow. Both of the handsare
piercedfists (A. 3). MMA 26.9.3 is the first known exampleof a seatedwoodenstatue
(S.5). The statue'sarmsareplacedon the thighs,with the right handheld asa naturalfist
with the thumb The
uppermost. left hand is openandheld palm downwardson the left
knee(A.4).
Catalogue No. A12, Boston MFA 13.3465,Pl. 10a,and Catalogue No. A13, MFA
13.3466, Pl. 10 b-c, come from the tomb of SenedjernibMehi, G 2378 at Giza. In
addition to the two figures of the tomb owner, five figures of bound captives were
418 In both his his father Senedjemib Inty, G 2370, 419
present. own tomb and that of
Decoration, 276 [526]. Cherpion, Mastabas, 136-7 dates this mastaba to the reign of Nyuserre on
the basis of the presence of that king's name in the tomb. However, all the other indications point to
the reign of Isesi, and this date is preferred here.
413 Kees, WZKM 54 (1954), 91 100; Firth Gunn, Teti Pyramid Cemeteries 1,3 1.
- and
414 Firth
and Gunn, Teti Pyramid Cemeteries.1,32-33,36; Kanawati, Saqqara 1,8.
415 Staehelin, Tracht, 88 E2.
416 E. the from the temple Menkaure, Wood, JEA 60 (1974), 82-93.
g. royal statues mortuary of cf.
Seethe discussionin the introduction, p. 13.
417 Cf. the discussionson the placement the serdaband the
of presenceof statuesin shafts and in
the burial chambersin Junker,GizzaV11,86-7,125-6;V111,140;Shoukry,SASAE15,191 ff.
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SenedjemibMehi relatesthe namesof the kings underwhom he served,DjedkareIsesi
and Unas, he
and probably died somewherearoundthe middle of the reign of 420
Unas.
MFA 13.3465is in very poor condition,andit is only possibleto makeout that it is the
remains of a statue of a nude male (D.4),421with the left leg advanced(S.4). MFA
13.3466is in better condition, but missesmost of the legs below the knees,and the
surface of the statue is in a poor state. It is a statue of a nude striding male (DA),
circumcised,wearingan echelon-curlwig coveringthe ears(W. 1). The left arm is held
forward at the elbow to hold a staff while the right arm is pendant.Both fists arepierced
(A. 3). The eyes were originally inlaid, but are now missing (Ac. 4). The quality of
carvingon the faceis very high.
A feature of the period from late Dynasty V into early Dynasty VI, that is, from the reign
of Unas through into the reign of Teti, is the growing number of statuessupplied for one
tomb. There are two tomb groups belonging to officials of Unas which can be dated to
this period.
Catalogue Nos. A 14-22, Cairo JE 93167-93175, are nine statues from a group
belonging to Akhtihotep, Director of wab-priests of Sekhmet of the Great House,
Prophetof Buto, from his mastabanearthe boat pits of Unas, discoveredin 1940by
AbdessalarnMohamedHussein(Pl. I la). All are now in the Cairo Museum.422They
can be divided into three groups, two for Akhtihotep himself, and a third for the single
statue of his wife. Five of the statuesshow Akhtihotep in the half-goffered kilt (D. 2 and
418 The five
captives, two in Boston, MFA 13.3458-9 and three in Cairo, accession numbers
unknown, do not fall within the scope of this study; cf. Posener, Cinqfigurines d'envofitement,
(Cairo, 1987), 2.
419 Dated
to the middle or end of the reign of Isesi, see Harpur, Decoration, 269 [219].
420 Strudwick, Administration, 133-4; Harpur, Decoration, 269 [2201; Cherpion, Mastabas, 229.
421 It has
emerged in the course of my research that nude statues from the same tomb are all either
circumcised or uncircumcised. No tomb has a circumcised and an uncircumcised statue in it.
Therefore MFA 13.3465 can be assumed to be circumcised as its partner, MFA 13.3466 is.
422 Zayed, ASAE 55 (1955), 127-137,
refers to ten statues, but nowhere in his illustrations can I
count more than nine. He relies for this figure on some handwritten notes by Drioton, the Director of
the Antiquities Service at the time. Batrawi, ASAE 48 (1948), 487-497, refers to only nine statues,
and I have only been able to locate nine in the Cairo Museum. It is possible that the elusive tenth
statue was in such a poor state of preservation that it has not survived, but there is no trace of any
such statue remains in the photographs taken of the serdab at the time of discovery and excavation.
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D.2a) and the short echelon-curlwig co ering the ears(W. 1). Four havethe left arms
TY
held forward for a staff and the right pendant (A. 3),423while the fifth has both arms
pendantand the hands clasping Steink-enie(A. 424
1). The threeremainingstatuesof the
tomb owner all wear the lined DynastyV coiffure (W.2) but in combinationwith three
different costumes.JE 93169, Catalogue No. A19, Pl. 15a,is wearing a kneelength
wrap-overkilt (D. 1) with the arms pendant (A. 1); JE 93171, Catalogue No. A20, Pl.
15b,is wearing a long projecting-panelkilt with an elaboratelypaintedbelt (D.3), and
with the left arm held forward clasping a staff (A. 3). This statueis the largest of the
group, measuring 175 cm. JE 93172, Catalogue No. A21, Pl. 14c, is a nude,
circumcisedstatueof Akhtihotep (DA). The statueof the wife425is the normal Dynasty
V type,wearingthe shortstriatedDynastyV wig (WL I), a long sheathdress(Df.2), and
haswith the armspendantwith openhands(AQ).
Catalogue Nos. A23-32, a group of ten statues426from the tomb of Metri, Boundary
official, Prophet of Maat, also located near the Unas causeway at Saqqara, were
discovered by Firth in 1926.427
Catalogue No. A23, MMA 26.2.6, PI. 17, is a seatedstatuewearingthe echelon-
curl wig covering the ears (W. 1) and a plain white kilt (D. 5). The arms are resting on the
thighs in position A-4a.
Catalogue No. A24, MMA 26.2.2, PI. 18, is a standing statue wearing the half-
goffered kilt (D. 2) and a shoulder-length striated wig revealing the ears (W. 4) with the
arms in position A. 3.
Catalogue No. A25, MMA 26.2.4, Pl. 19a, wears the lined Dynasty V wig (W. 2)
and a projecting-panel kilt (D. 3) with the left arm holding a staff (A. 3).
Catalogue No. A26, Medelhavsmuseet MM 11410, P1.19b, is a nude,
circumcised statue(DA), in wig W. 2. The arms are pendantwith the handsclasping
Steinkeme(A. I).
The next two statues are cross-legged scribe statues, the first of their kind in wood.
423 JE 93168, Cat. No. A14, Pl. I lb; 93170, Cat. No. A15, Pl. 12; 93173, Cat. No. A16, Pl. 13b;
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Catalogue No. A27, JE 93165,Pl. 20 a, c-d, the larger,is wearingthe lined DynastyV
wig (W.2), a half-gofferedkilt only indicatedby the presenceof a protrudingtab (D.2b)
andholdsa bookroll in front of him in his lap (A.5). The remainsof a pair of tiny feet on
the basebesidehim are an interestingfeature.This is, then, the earliestdatablewooden
pair statueand it is unfortunatethat we have no meansof knowing whetherthe second
statuewasthe wife, a child, or maybeevena different relative.It is evenpossiblethat it
could havebeena favouredassistant.
Catalogue No. A28, JE 93166, Pl. 20b, has a dimpled skullcap428 or close'-
cropped natural hair (W. 3). The statue wears the same kilt as the previous one (D. 2b)
and is also holding a bookroll on the knees (A. 5). The legs of this statueare now missing
but are visible on an early excavation photograph.429 This shows them to have been
crossedunderneaththe bookroll.
Catalogue No. A29, JE 5208 1, PI. 21 is nude and circumcised (DA), with a black
Ile next threestatues,Catalogue Nos. A33-35, come from the mastabaof Kapunesut
and Kaemhesit at Saqqara.Strudwick431discussesthe dating of this mastabaand
anothernear it, that of Kaemsenuatsomelength, seeabovepp. 82-83, and concludes
428 This is
possibly an undersurfacepreparedfor a plaster'coating.
429 Zayed,Trois trudes, 19,fig. 15.
430 This
statuehas beenthe subject of a large number of articles. Seethe bibliography listed on p.
172.
431 Strudwick, Administration, 150.
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that they probably date to late Dynasty V. This is supported by Baer,432while HarpUr433
narrows the time-scale down even further to the period encompassingthe transition from
the reign of Unas to that of Teti. Cherpion, 434 on the other hand, prefers a date in
Dynasty IV, based on six points which she discusses in detail on pp. 114-115. They
seem to be more indicative of a terminus post quem, however. The first three points are
only indicators of the last occurrence associatedwith a king's name and are no proof that
the style was never encounteredlater. The fourth point only refers to stone statues,and
the fact that the other burials had no wooden statuesis not mentioned. The last two points
are purely impressionistic and cannot be considered to support the theory of such an
early date satisfactorily on their own. The date proposed by Harpur is the one preferred
here.
Catalogue No. A33, Metropolitan Museumof Art, MMA 26.2.7, Pl. 24 a-b, is a
statueof Kapunesut from his serdab in the mastaba.It is a stridingmale (S.3), wearinga
close-fitting lined coiffure (W. 2), a half-goffered kilt with an inscription on the belt
(D.2), and has the right arm pendantwith the fist claspinga Steinkern.The left arm is
missing so we cannot know whether it was held forward for a staff, or also pendant
(A.6).
ýo.
Catalogue A34, Bosto MFA 24.604,Pl. 24 c-d, is the faceof a malestatue,
,n
also from Kapunesut's
serdab, which may be the one describedas 'the motheror wife of
by
Kapunesut' Firth. 435 It is wearing the lined coiffure (W. 2) and thus, despitethe
yellow colour, cannot be a female,
asthis type of coiffure only appearson malestatues.
In addition, it is 9 style that appearsto be confined to DynastiesIV and V, and to the
,
Saqqara necropolis. Its presence in this tomb is its latest known occurrence.
Unfortunately we are not able to discern whether it is styled in the natural hair, or
whetherit is a wig.
Catalogue No. A35, Cairo JE 67369,also comesfrom the serdabof Kapunesut,
and is at presentstoredin a magazinein the Museum in Cairo. It is in too precariousa
state to be examined and all information recordedhere comes from Zayed, Trois
ttudes, 1-13. The statueis striding (S.3), and is missing the head and the arms. A
435 Quibell
and Hayter, Teti Pyramid North Side, 20.
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for the point of a staff, so the armswereheld in the position for staff andsceptre(A. 3).
The statueis wearing a half-goffered kilt with an elaborateknot and a tab up onto the
belly (D.2). The belt and the sceptreareinscribed.The baseis inscribedwith a long text,
and the remainsof a smaller statuecan clearly be seenbesidethe larger one.This wasa
figure of Sekhemka,the sonof Kapunesut.
Catalogue No. A39, Cairo JE 47775, Pl. 25 a-c, is a striding statue of a man called
Khenu. It comes from his tomb which is situated alongside that of Mereruka in the Teti
Pyramid Cemetery at Saqqara.438 It post-dates Mereruka as the connecting wall has
decoration of the tomb of Mereruka. 439It is possible
erased some of the original outer
that Khenu was a son of Mereruka, or a son of Khenu 1, who may have been a son of
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Mereruka,and a dateof Teti - Pepi I is suggested.440The statueshowsKhenu striding
(S.3) in a paintedskull cap (W.3) and a long patternedprojecting-panelkilt (D.3). The
left arm is pendantwith an open hand.The right hand is claspingthe edgeof the kilt,
with the fingers on the front surface,and the thumb behind (A. 7). This is the earliest
instanceof this way of holding the hands.Another interestingdetail is that the face is
madeasa separatepieceto therestof the statueandis dowelledon.
Catalogue Nos. A40-44 are five statues from the tomb of Metjetji. 441They are all in a
quite magnificent state of preservation, and despite the fact that he is 'revered before
Unas', can be dated to the reign of Pepi I with some certainty, thanks to the scenesin his
tomb chapel. 442 The five statues can be divided into two groups: Brooklyn 5 1.1 and
Nelson Atkins 5 1-1 both have close cropped hair (W. 3) and long projecting-panel kilts
(D. 3a), held in the right hand, while the left is pendant and open, a gesture (A. 8) which
becamevery popular later on in Dynasty VI, and continued in popularity throughout the
Middle Kingdom. The other three are all in variously decoratedwhite half-goffered kilts
(D. 2), and all wear the echelon-curl wig covering their ears (W. 1). MFA 14.1455 and
Brooklyn 53.222 have pendant arms with the hands clasping Steinkerne (A. 1).
Brooklyn 50.77 has the left ann bent forward at the elbow with the hand clasping a staff;
the right arm is pendant and the hand is clasping a Steinkern (A. 3a).
Catalogue No. A45, Cairo CG 267, Pl. 29a, is from the tomb of Kaiher-PtahFetekty,
G5560,anddatesto the periodcoveringthe reignsof Teti, PepiI andMerenre.443Junker
444
datesit to the endof DynastyVI becausethe statuewasfound in the burial chamber,
445
and others date it to the middle of Dynasty VI. It may have been one of the first
statuesto have been placed in the burial chamber. The statue is wearing an echelon-curl
440 Idem.
441 Cat. No. A40, Boston MFA 47.1455, Pl. 25e; Cat. No. A41, Brooklyn 53.222, Pl. 26; Cat. No.
A42, Brooklyn 50.77, Pl. 27; Cat. No. A43, Brooklyn 5 1.1, Pl. 28; Cat. No. A44, Kansas City, Nelson
Atkins Museum 51-1, Pl. 25d, f.
442 See Harpur, Decoration, 274 [426].
443
op. cit., 271 [279]; PM 111/2,166.
444 Junker, Giza VIII, 3-4.
445 Baer, Rank
and Title, dates it to Dynasty VI: 148 [5441, and is followed by Strudwick,
Administration, 154. Cherpion, Mastabas, 229, places this tomb into the reign of Menkauhor,
which is not consistent with any of the other dating criteria. The man is the Overseer of the new
settlements of the Pyramid of Isesi, so cannot predate that reign.
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wig coveringthe ears(W. 1), a half-gofferedkilt with an elaborateknot but no belly tab
(D.2c), andis striding (S.3). The right arin is pendantwith the fist pierced;the left is held
forward at the elbow andis piercedtoo (A.3). The baseis inscribed.All of thesefeatures
areconsistentwith a datein the first half of DynastyVI.
The necropolis of Sedment is the provenance of a small number of statues dating to the
Old Kingdom, the First Intermediate Period, and the Middle Kingdom. The site was
excavated by Petrie and Brunton in 1921, and published by them in two volumes which
appeared in 1924.446 A recent reassessment of the excavation447 has resulted in a
number of disappointing conclusions: firstly, the pottery is nearly all intrusive,
introduced into the earlier burials during the First Intermediate Period and the early
Middle Kingdom; secondly, only one of the burials which had statues was undisturbed,
that of Meryrehashtef, No. 274; thirdly, the inconsistencies and omissions apparent in the
publication cannot be resolved by reference to the original notes and records. 448 Petrie
and Brunton's relative order of the tombs containing statues is: 274 (Meryrehashtef), 613
(Nenni), 604 (Nebemhennenesu), 2106 (Wadjhotep), 2112 (Merytites), and 2127
(Nakhtkawi).
The few scraps of archaeological information which can be gleaned from the
excavation reports tell us that Cemetery A datesto the late Old Kingdom. Only tomb 274
comes from this cemetery, and it had no pottery in it. Some of the graves in Cemetery L
have intrusive pottery from Seidlmayer's "SedmenterFormation Stufe IIA - IIB", that is,
from early Dynasty XI up to the reign of Senwosret 1.449The original burials therefore
predate this period. Tomb 604 is in this category and can be further narrowed down in
date to the period at the very end of the Old Kingdom, see below pp. 101. Tomb 613 on
the other hand, also from Cemetery L, contained no intrusive pottery, and the style of the
burial appears to be later. The inscription on the base of the statue contains elements
which date it to the Middle Kingdom. 450 Cemetery L appearsto be generally of a slightly
446Petrie,Sedment
I& 11.
447Seidlmayer,
Grdberfelder,247-341.
448
op.cit.,248.
449
op.cit.,395.
450
op. cit., 251. The writing of tpt-dwj with ap challengesan early date for this statue,see
Schenkel,Frahmitteldgyptische Studien,38L The presenceof the stonedeterminativefor dw also
pointsto a MiddleKingdomdate;seeWb.V, 541.
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later datethan CemeteryA. Cemetery2 1, in which the other threetombs are situated,
cannot be assignedany date range.Not only has it been successivelyreused,but the
original plan of the distribution of the graves has disappeared rendering any
reconstructionof the internalprogressionimpossible.The statuesfrom CemeteriesL and
21 canonly be datedon the evidenceof comparisonwith materialfrom CatalogueA, and
are thereforeplacedinto CatalogueB, but the statueof Nakhtkawi has no satisfactory
parallelsin CatalogueA and is thereforeplaced into CatalogueC. None of the statues
from CemeteriesL and 21 show characteristicswhich would mark them as Middle
Kingdom ratherthanOld Kingdom or First IntermediatePeriod,besidesthe statuefrom
Tomb 613.
Catalogue Nos. A46-49 are a group of statues from tomb 274, three statuesof
451andonefemalestatue,traditionallydatedto the reign of PepiI on the
Meryrehashtef,
basisof the presenceof that king's prenomenin the tomb owner'sname.On the basisof
pottery found in a neighbouring tomb, of approximately the samedate, but bearing in
mind the commentsmadeabove aboutthe pottery being intrusive, the earliestpossible
datewould be the first half of DynastyV1,452so it seemslikely that Meryrehashtefwas
born during the reign of Pepi I, and probably servedunder Merenreand perhapseven
into the early yearsof Pepi11aswell. The statuesareall nudeandcircumcised(DA), and
are all striding 3).
(S. They to
appear depict the tomb owner in different phasesof his life,
in youth, in maturity, and in middle age. A47 is the youth. The statue is wearing an
echelon-curl wig covering the ears (W. 1b), and the arms are pendant. Although the
handsare damaged,both handsare holding Steinkerne(A. 1). A46 is the maturemale,
showing the tomb owner in a short, closer-fitting echelon-curlwig which revealsthe
earlobes(W. 1b), the first instanceof this. The statueis striding (S.3), and hasthe right
arm pendantandthehandclaspinga sceptre.The left is bentforward at the elbowandthe
handis claspinga staff (A. 3). A48 is very similar in style to the previousone,wearing
the samewig (W. I b) and with the arms in the sameposition. The major difference is
that instead of a sceptrein the right hand, a white painted Steinkem is held instead
(A.3a).This statueis consideredto be the tomb owner in middle age.
Catalogue No. A49, Pl. 29b, is a female statuefrom the sametomb. I have not
beenableto locateit. Mokhtar453saysthat it is in the Ny CarlsbergGlyptotek,but this is
451Cat.No.A46,CairoJE46992,PI.29c;Cat.No.A47,BritishMuseum
EA 55722,PI.29d;Cat.
GlyptotekEIN 1560,PI.29e.
No.A48,Ny Carisberg
452
op.cit.,251.
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454 It is fortunately illustrated in Petrie, Sedinent 1, Pl. xi, 3&7,
not the case. and the
following analysis is drawn from that source. The figure is very squareand is wearing a
bagwig covering the ears (WL3). The statue is nude (DO), and is standing with the legs
together (Sf.2). The arms are pendant with open hands (Af. 3). The statuedoes not appear
to be wearing any jewellery. An interesting feature is the black line drawn down the front
from the chin to the navel, which divides the statueinto two halves and may have been a
guideline used by the sculptor. If this is the case, the statue must be regarded as
unfinished, as the guidelines would have been removed from a finished object.
Catalogue No. A50, Turin, Museo Egizio, Inv. Suppl. 13719-13842,455Pl. 30 a-b, is a
possible evidence for a coregency between Pepi I and Merenre, or between Merenre and
Pepi 11.Mumane457concludes that a coregency between Merenre and Pepi II is "highly
doubtful on all counts". The likelihood of Merenre associating his younger brother
...
with him on the throne from the virtual moment of his succession is certainly not very
strong. Pepi II is a son of Pepi 1; he succeededto the throne at the age of six; he was
precededon the throne by his brother who ruled for at least six years. Pepi 11must have
been born very near to the end of his father's reign, but the only way to satisfactorily
encompassa possible seventh regnal year for Merenre (attributed to him by Manetho) is
a coregency between Pepi I and Merenre. The only evidence up to now for such a
hasbeen bearingboth kings' 458 this font is
coregency a gold pendant names, so valuable
additionalevidence.The sequence of the royal namesalso supportsthe view that PepiI is
meant. Thus, the date of this statueis the reign of Merenre. The figure is wearing an
echelon-curlwig with one long layer to the level of the forehead,then severalshorter
layersandcoveringthe ears(W.5), the first instanceof this style, anda long projecting-
panelkilt (D.3). The armsarependantwith the left handopenandthe right handclasping
453 An6sya, 104.
454 Personal
communicationfrom M. Jorgensen,Curator,Ny CarlsbergGlyptotek.
455 These
are the inventory numbersgiven to the entire contentsof the tomb. No individual number
appearsto be on any individual item.
456 This Iti is
not to be confusedwith anotherIti from Gebelein,the owner of a paintedchapelalso
in Turin. PM V, 62. Cf. Curto in Milanges GamalEddin Mokhtar 1,171..
457Ancient Egyptian Coregencies,111-4,227.
458 SeeLA
IV, 76-77; Drioton, ASAE45 (1947),55-56.
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a tube of cloth at the side of the skirt (A. 8). This is the first instanceof this mannerof
holding the anns.
statue of Hetepi (S.4). It is wearing an echelon-curl wig covering the ears (W. 1), and a
half-goffered kilt with a carved knot (D. 2d). The left leg is advanced (S.4). From what
remains of the arms, the left appearsto have been pendant with a pierced fist (A. 6a).
Only a photograph remains of Catalogue No. A53, Leipzig University Museum
Inv. Nr. 2688, with no indication of size, reproduced here as Pl. 3 1b. It shows a striding
male (S.2), in an echelon-curl wig covering the ears (W. 1). The statue is wearing a half-
goffered kilt with an elaborate carved knot (D. 2d). The left leg is advanced (S.2). The
arms are pendant with the hands held as natural fists. There does not appear to be any
Catalogue No. A54, British Museum EA 29594, PI. 31c-e,Tjeti, was purchasedby
Moss in Egypt in 1898,andhasrecentlybeenattributedwith somedegreeof certaintyto
Akhmim. 461Kanawati suggeststhat this Tjeti is the sameas the one who owns tomb
459 CAA Hildesheim 4/11-18. Harpur, Decoration, 268 [1731, is
unable to give a more precise
datethan Dynasty VI.
460 pM 111/2,117.It is
possible that one of the females in Catalogue B is this female, but as there
is no photographavailable this cannot be checked.
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M8, Tjeti Kai-hep, who dates to the period Merenre - early Pepi 11.462The titles are in
several shorter ones behind, and which covers the ears (W. 5). The right arm is pendant
with a pierced fist. The left arm is bent forward and is holding a staff (A. 3).
Catalogue No. A55, Cairo JE 30796,and Catalogue No. A56, JE 30797,come from
the tomb of Niankhpepi Kern SobekhotepHepikem,Tomb AI at Meir. This tomb can
be datedto early in the reign of Pepi 11.463
The tomb was discoveredin March 1894
during excavations conducted for the Department of Antiquities by Daressy and
Barsanti.464It containedone large statueof the owner, JE 30796, Pls. 32 & 33, one
medium sized one, JE 30797, Pl. 34, and severalsmaller statues,most of which are
offering bearersor otherworkers.Among the latteris a standingstatueof a nudefemale,
JE 30809.465Thereare threeholes on the back of her head,in one of which is a long
plait of hair, on the end of which is a wooden plug. This is similar to those wom by
dancerson tomb reliefs466and this is probably what the female is. As such,it is not a
statueof the tomb owner'swife andtakesno furtherpart in this survey.
Catalogue No. A55, JE 30796 shows the tomb owner striding (S.3), wearing a
closefitting wig, with the locks in a verticalpattern,surroundingand disclosingthe ears
(W.6). This is the only exampleof this type of wig. The statueis also wearing a short
white kilt with an elaboratebelt and a tab up to the left handside of the navel, and an
elaboratebeadapronhangsfrom the centralclaspof the belt (D.2b and Ac.5). The right
is
arm pendant with the hand clasped around a Steinkem. The left arm is bent forward at
the elbow andis claspinga staff (A.3a).The baseis inscribed.
Catalogue No. A56, JE 30797, shows an older, plumper figure wearing a
skullcapor the naturalhair cut very short (W.3), and a long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a).
461Kanawati,El HawawishVIL 57,pl. 17;111,7 ff.
462HarpurdatestombM8to V1.4-5, thefirsthalfof thereignof Pepi11.Decoration,
281[667].
463Strudwick,Administration,176,datesthetombto the
middleof DynastyV1,asdoesBaer,
Rankand Title,84 [2121;Cherpion,Mastabas,230,datesit to the reignof PepiI; Harpur,
Decoration,
280,[652],datesit to VIA, thatis,earlyPepiH.
464Blackman,Meir1,14-15.
465CG248,Borchardt,Statuen 1,Pl.53.
466E. Davies,Deirel Gebrdwi 1,Pls.IX, X andfrontispiece.
g.
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There is a large fat fold at the breasts.The left arm is pendantwith an openhand, the
right is clasping a tube of cloth at the side of the skirt, with the thumb on top (A. 8). The
left leg is slightly advanced(S.2).
Among the tombs of the officials of Pepi II buried at Saqqara South in the area
surrounding his pyramid, and excavated by G. Jdquier from 1927 onwards, is tomb M
XIII, which belongs to the Vizier Meryre-ima Pepi-ima. Jequier considered this tomb to
be the oldest of the group, and dated it to the second quarter of the reign of Pepi Il. 467
Catalogue No. A57, Cairo JE 59631, Pl. 35, is a half life-size statue of the vizier, found
wrapped in linen on the floor of the burial chamber. It shows a portly figure in a skullcap
(W. 3) and long projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a). There is a large carved knot inserted into the
waistband and which rises to the left of the navel, almost obscuring it. The arms are
pendant, with the left hand open. The right is clasping a tube of cloth at the side with the
thumb concealedbetween the hand and the body (A. 8). The left leg is advanced(S.3).
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in Museum. 473
with a granite scribe statuealso the Cairo
The tomb of Ishtji Tjetji from Saqqara,excavatedby Lauer in 1948, is located among a
group of tombs of officials of Pepi I and II, to the west of the Step Pyramid. Ishtji Tjetji
is Chief of the Estatesof the Pyramids of Pepi I and 11,and therefore cannot predatethe
Pepi 11.A date in the reign of Pepi II is taken here.474 Besides several models
reign of
and offering bearers, four statuesof the deceased were found in the serdab, (Catalogue
Nos. A59-62) as well as a further male statue which may be part of a model scene
(Catalogue No. A63). The four statuesof the deceaseddivide neatly into two pairs, both
in terms of scale and costume.
Catalogue No. A59, JE 88575, Pl. 37, and Catalogue No. A60, JE 88576, Pl.
38, are statuesof the tomb owner striding (S.3) andbearingstaff and sceptre(A. 3). JE
88575is 72.5 cm and JE 88576is 72 cm tall. Both weara shortplain white kilt which is
lower around the belly than around the back (D. 6). They each have a different wig,
however. JE 88575 wears a short, smooth, flared wig which doesnot cover the ears
(W.4a), and on the chin is a false beard(Ac. 14). JE 88576wearsa short echelon-curl
wig, with one long layer to the forehead,and which coversthe ears(W.5). Thereis no
trace of a beard. Both statueshave their right arm pendant and the hand clasping a
sceptre, the left is bent forward at the elbow with the hand clasping a staff (A. 3). The
thumbsof both statuesarevery elongated.
Catalogue No. A61, Cairo JE 88578, Pl. 39 a-b, and Catalogue No. A62, JE
88577,Pl. 39 c-d, show the tomb owner in a black skull cap (W.3), andwearinga long
projecting-panelkilt (D. 3a). They 40
are cm and 52.5 cm tall respectively.JE 88578
depictsa young face, with the arms pendantand the left hand open.The right hand is
claspingthe front edgeof the kilt with the fingers on the outer surfaceand the thumb
behind(A. 7). JE 88577is of an older man,andthis time the armsareboth pendantwith
clasped fists (A. 1). The back view of the hands revealsSteinkeme. It is possiblethat the
right hand originally clasped a tube of cloth from the kilt, but the relevant part is now
brokenaway. Both statuesare striding with the left foot advanced(S.1, JE 88578, and
S.3, JE 88577).
Catalogue No. A63, Cairo JE 88581(Pl. 40), showsa malein a standingposition
(S.7), wearing a short smoothblack wig coveringthe ears(W.7) and a plain shortwhite
473 CG 162.
474 Following Harpur,Decoration,273, [3671.
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kilt (D.6). The left arm is pendantwith a crudepiercedfist, the right is held up acrossthe
chestwith the openhand restingon the left shoulder(A. 10). This is
statue lessthanhalf
the size of the smallestof the four statuesdefinitely attributableto Ishtji Tjetji himself,
measuringonly 19cm.
The next six statues also come from the area surrounding the pyramid of Pepi 11at
SaqqaraSouth.Thosewith the letter M before the tomb numbercome from the areato
the eastof the pyramid,thosewith the letter N, from the areato the north, andthosewith
the letter 0 from the area to the west.
Catalogue No. A64, NeuchAtel EG 400, Pl. 41 a, from tomb N VIII, belongs to the
Overseerof Tenants of the Great House Raherka Ipi, and can be dated by its false door to
the reign of Pepi 11.475The statue, found in the burial chamber with a seated stone
statue476and a coffin'477 is a standing male (S.7) in poor condition. It appears to have
been wearing a skullcap (W. 3) and a long projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a). A large separately
carved knot is inserted in a hole to the left hand side of the navel. The arms were pendant
Catalogue No. A65, JE 49119, Pl. 41 c-d, from tomb M II belongs to an unidentified
Catalogue No. A66, Cairo JE 52565,Pl. 42 a-b, and Catalogue No. A67, JE 52564,
Pl. 42 c-d, were found in tomb M XI. This tomb belongs to Mehi, overseerof the gs-
pr, and is also dated to the reign of Pepi 11.479
JE 52565 is a striding male (S
-2),
skullcapped (W. 3), and wearing a long projecting-panel kilt (13.3a).The arms are
475Strudwick, 17.
Administration,
476 NeuchAtelEG 399.
477 Cairo JE 52012. This coffin originally belongedto Meryre-irna Pepi-irna,CatalogueNo. A57.
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pendantwith the left handopen,andthe right holdinga fold of the kilt with the fingerson
the front surfaceandthe thumbbehind (A.7). A large,separatelycarvedknot is inserted
into the kilt below the waistband.JE 52564 is a standing(S.7) nude,circumcisedmale
(DA), wearinga flared striatedwig, coveringthe ears(W.4c). 7be armsarependantand
thehandsareheld asnaturalfists (A. 9).
Catalogue No. A68, Cairo JE 58375, Pl. 43 a-b, comesfrom the mastabaof Nipepi,
No. 01. The standing(S.7) nudemalestatuewasfound in the secondburial chamber.It
is wearinga skullcap(W.3) and haspendantarms.The lower part of the right arm was
separatelyattachedandis now missing. The left handis claspedasa naturalfist (A.9a).
The penisappearsto be circumcised(DA). This statue,too, is datedto the reign of Pepi
11ý80
Catalogue No. A69, Neuchatel EG 403, Pl. 41b, is a statue of the vizier and chief
justice, Shenay,and was found in the chapel of tomb N V. Shenaycan be datedwith
certaintyto the middle of the reign of Pepi11.481
reasonable The statueis striding (S.4b),
andwearingan echelon-curlwig with one layer to the foreheadthenseveraloverlapping
layers,coveringthe ears(W.5). The armsare pendantwith naturalfists (A.9). The statue
is wearing a short white kilt with a carvedoverlapbut no pleating.There may be a tab
carvedto the left handsideof the navel(D.2e).
Catalogue Nos. A70-A76. Due to a misreading by De Morgan of one of the titles, sinr
wrty, tomb No. 24 at Dahshur, has for a long time been attributed to a man called
Sankhwati. This was basedon the inscription on a group of servants (CG 511) from the
tm3ow 9py. To ftirther complicate matters, one of the statueshas
tomb: sinr wely bry-ýb
a very damaged inscription which clearly shows the outline of a cartouche. The traces
would agree with the cartouche of Snefru, and other tombs in the vicinity can be
attributed to men with names including the cartouche of Snefru, for example Niankh-
Snefru and Neferher-Snefru. 482The owner of Tomb 24 could be Shepy, or could be a
man named something-Snefru. What is more likely, is that the tomb was no longer intact
when discovered, and that statues from more than one burial were gathered in it,
480 Bacr, Rank
and Title, 95 [283].
481 Strudwick,Administration, 141; Harpur,Decoration, 252.
482 PM HI/2,892.
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although their uniform style indicates that they all belong to the sametime period. The
tomb was excavatedby De Morgan in the early 1890'sandhe lists 30 woodenmodelsin
his publication.483Of these,it is not clear how many are statuesof the tomb owner and
how many are servantfigures.I havelocatedsevenfiguresof the tomb ownerandof the
remaining unlocatedstatues, thirteen could possibly also be relevant. The tomb was
discoveredin a groupof DynastyVI tombseastof the North Pyramid of Snefru,andis
datedto the secondhalf of the reign of Pepi 11.
Catalogue No. A70, CG 505, Pl. 46a-c,484Catalogue No. A71, CG 514, Pl.
485
43c-d, and Catalogue No. A72, CG 516, Pl. 486
44a-b, show the tomb owner in the
echelon-curlwig with one long layer to the forehead,then severaloverlappinglayers,
covering the ears(W. 5). All three have their arms pendantwith piercedfists (A. 6). CG
516 is missingthe left arm (A.6a). CG 514 wearsa short plain kilt with a carvedline for
the overlap,anda carvedbelt (D.2f). CG 505 and CG 516 havea carvedtab up onto the
belly to the left of the navel (D.2e). CG 505 and CG 514 have their left legs advanced
(S.3), while CG 516 has its legs together (S.7). CG 505 is the statuewith tracesof a
cartouche on its base,
damaged possibly that of Snefruforming part of a name'487but is
no longerlegible.488
Catalogue No. A73, CG 513, Pl. 45a-b,489showsthe tomb owner seated(S.5),
wearingan close-fittingechelon-curlwig which coversthe ears(W. 1), and a shortwhite
kilt which is higher aroundthe back (D.6). The armsare resting on the knees,with the
left hand flat on the left knee, palm downwards, and the right a natural fist, with the
thumb uppen-nost(A-4).
Catalogue No. A74, CG 517, Pl. 45c-d,490also shows the tomb owner seated
(S. 5), but the knees are too badly decayed to see what the hands are doing (A. 4b). This
time, the wig is the striated, slightly flared wig parted in the centre and covering the ears
(W. 4c). The statue is also wearing a small false beard on the chin (Ac. 14). The kilt is a
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short white one, but there is a clear paintedtab on the belly to the left handside of the
navel(D.2b).
Catalogue No. A75, CG 503, Pl. 44a-b,, 491is alsowearinga striatedwig,
with no
partingandflaring widely over the shouldersandcoveringthe ears(W.4c). The armsare
pendantwith the handsheld as natural fists (A. 9). The kilt is short and white, higher
behind,andhasa paintedtab up onto the left hand sideof the navel (D.2b). The legsare
together(S.7).
Catalogue No. A76, CG 506, Pl. 47a-b,492showsthe tomb owner in a skullcap
(W.3) and a long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a).The left leg is advanced(S.1). Thereis a
carvedknot insertedinto the waistbandunderthe navel.The armsare pendant,with the
left handopen,andthe right claspedarounda tubeof cloth at the side (A.8). The thumb
is carvedin erroron the outersurfaceof the tube.
Catalogue No. A77, Cairo JE 93164, Pl. 48, is a striding statue of Rekhuf which was
poor". 493The tomb of Akhtihotep is dated by Baer to the second half Dynasty VI, 494
of
which would imply that the tomb of his son is somewhat later. Harpur supports him in
this, allocating a date of VI. 6 to Rekhuf, that is, years 55-85 of Pepi 11,and a date of VI. 5
to Akhtihotep, that is, years 35-54 of Pepi IT.495 Strudwick, however, inclines to an
earlier date for Akhtihotep, the "end of the fifth dynasty to early sixth', 496and thus also
for an early date for Rekhuf "early to middle sixth dynasty,'. 497A female offering bearer
was also found in this tomb. 498Initial researchinto female offering bearers499shows
491
op.cit.,20 no.7, fig. 49.
492 21 20; Pl. IV.
op. cit., no.
493 Harpur, Decoration, 19-20. See
also Strudwick, Administration, 116 (94).
494 Baer, Rank
and Title, 53 [14].
495 Decoration, 272 [3391
and 275 [455].
496 Administration, 57-8
(4).
497
op. cit., 116.
498 Presentlocation
unknown. Cf. Breasted, Egyptian Servant Statues,61 [6]; ILN June 4,1938,
fig. 5. p. 1001.
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that they beganto appearindependentlyof domesticscenestowardsthe end of Dynasty
VI. This supportsthe later date suggestedby Baer and Harpur. The statueof the tomb
owner is striding 3),
(S. wearingan echelon-curl
wig coveringthe ears(W. 1), and a short
white kilt with a polychromewaistbandwhich showstracesof an elaboratebeadapron
(D.2g and Ac.5). The right arm is pendantwith a piercedfist, the left is bent forward at
the elbow andthe handis claspinga staff (A. 3). An unusualdetail is that the knot of the
kilt risesto the right of the navelratherthanto theleft.
Catalogue No. A78, Ashmolean Museum 1914.39,Pl. 46d-e, is the headof a statue
from tomb D2 at Meir.500The tomb belongsto PepiankhHeryib and datesto the later
part of the reign of Pepi J1.501This man is a son of Nyankhpepi Kern, discussedabove
pp. 94-95, who dates to the early yearsof Pepi Il. The headis skullcapped(W.3).
Catalogue Nos. A79 and A80, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 1921.1418 and
1921.1419,Pls. 49 & 50, respectively,are two statuesof Nebemhennenesufrom his
tomb No. 604 at Sedment. 502They both wear the bagwig covering the ears (W.7), a
short,plain white skirt (D.6), andhave their armspendant
with the handsheld asnatural
fists (A. 9). The inscriptions on the bases provide a date range for these statues.
According to Fischer,503the title Ipsw nsw is confined to Dynasty VI, first coming
into useat the beginningof the Dynasty,then going out of useat the end of it, or slightly
evidencepointsto the later endof this range,i.e. the very endof
later.The archaeological
DynastyVI.
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Catalogue No. A81, NeuchAtelEG 401, Pl. 47c, is a statueof Biu. It is striding
(S.4), andwearsa shortechelon-curlwig coveringthe ears(W. 1). The armsarependant
andthe handsarenaturalfists (A.9). The statueis wearinga shortplain white kilt (D.6).
Catalogue No. A82, NeuchatelEG 402, Pl. 47d, is a statueof Pepi.It is striding
(S.4a), and wearsa short echelon-curlwig, with onelayer to the forehead,then several
shorterlayers,coveringthe ears(W.5). The armsare now missing (A. 11).The statueis
wearinga half-gofferedkilt with a tabup onto the left handsideof the navel(D.2a).
504Harpur,Decoration,
273[6501,datesit to VI.7,justaftertheendof thereignof PcpiIl.
505Strudwick,Administration,
160(159);Harpur,Decoration,277[551].
506MedelhavsmuseetBulletin20(1985),3-24.
507Fortheirforthcoming TetiPyramidCemetýries 111.
publication
508Peterson,
Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin20 (1985),22-24.
509
op.cit.,7.
510
op.cit..23.
511Catalogue Nos.A90OE93161),A91(JE93163),andA95(JE93162).
512111/2,571.
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Pyramidareabelongingto a man called Shemi,Inspectorof dancers,whosetitles match
thoseof this statue.The presenceof the unusualgesticulatingfigure in the title makesit
certainthat we aredealingherewith two objectsfrom the sameman (Seethe discussion
in Appendix 1, p. 381). Thus the statueof Shemiis certainly intrusive in the burial of
Tjeteti, if it did indeedform part of the group when discovered.This leadsus at onceto
the question, how reliable are Gunn's notes as far as the contents of this tomb are
concerned?An examination of the relevant pagesshows the statue of Shemi firmly
included amongthe statuesof Tjeteti, so that it appearsimpossiblefor it to havebeen
accidentallyattributedto thegroup on the basisof being the next statuein the notebooks.
A letterfrom Firth discussingthe find, andreproducedby Petersonin his article,513says
that severalstatueswere found in a recessin the wall of the shaft, and that the burial
chamber had been well plundered, but he does not mention one of the statues being
inscribedfor a different person.The offering tablebelongingto Tjeteti, found elsewhere
in the area514and reattributed to the tomb by Peterson515also implies a degreeof
movement of the contentsof the tombs of this period, resulting in a generalmix-up of
contents, but keeping within the same periods.There is nothing aboutthe statueor the
offering table belongingto Shemi to mark them as being of a different dateto the tomb
of Tjeteti, and in this discussion,
therefore,they areregardedasbeing contemporary.The
statuesof Tjeteti areusually inscribedwith his nameand one or more of his titles; only
four of the statueshaveno inscription,andas they are thosewhich werenot locatedthis
cannot be taken as certain. If they are not inscribed, it is possible that they originally
belonged to someoneother than Tjeteti, perhaps Shemi, or another of the officials buried
at the same time. Their style is in keeping with the statuesdefinitely attributable to Tjeteti,
though, so they are here considered to be statuesof him.
/
Nine of the statueswear the long projecting-panelkilt (D. 3a), and nine the short
white kilt (D. 6). There is one seatedstatue (Catalogue No. A 101), and one female
(CatalogueNo. A 102).Within eachgroupof nine thereis considerablevariation.
Catalogue No. A83, Pl. 51a,and Catalogue No. A84, Pl. 51b, two of the statues
in long projecting-panel kilts, have not been located. 516 Catalogue No. A83 is
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The left arrnis pendantandhasan openhand.The right handis holding the front edgeof
the kilt, with the fingerson the front surfaceandthe thumb behind(A.7). CatalogueNo.
A84 is very bluffed in the photograph,but it is clearly skullcapped(W.3). The left leg is
advanced(S.1).The kilt is a plain long projecting-panelkilt with no belt or knot (D.3a).
The affnsare pendantwith the left handa naturalfist. The right handis holding the front
flap of the kilt andgivesthe impressionthat the carvingon it is not complete:the fingers
arenot differentiated,andthe scaleis large(A.7b).
Catalogue No. A85, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 24.606, Pl. 52,517is also
skullcapped(W.3), and the left leg is advanced(S.1). The plain, long, projecting-panel
kilt hasa carvedknot insertedjust abovethe waistto the left of the navel(D.3a).The left
arm is broken off just below the shoulder,but was extantwhen found and waspendant
with an openhand.The right arm is also pendantand the hand is claspedaroundwhat
appearsto be a tube of cloth. There is somedamageto the statueat this point, but the
thumbappearsto be extendedalongthe tube(A.8a).
Catalogue No. A 86, JE 49371, Pl. 51d-e, now in the Port Tewfik SuezMuseum,
is attributedto the tomb of Tjeteti on the basisof Drioton's knowledgeof unpublished
518
material. The statueis a striding male (S.3) in a skullcap(W.3) anda long pattemed
projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a). There is a carved knot above the waistband,directly
undemeaththe navel.The left arm is pendant,with the hand a naturalfist. The right is
also pendant,with the hand claspingthe front flap of the kilt, the fingers on the outer
surface,the thumbbehind(A.7b).
Catalogue No. A87, JE 64905, Pls. 51c& 53, is a figure in a long projecting-
panel kilt (D.3a) and a skullcap (W.3). The inscription on the baseis not for Tjeteti but
for a man called Shemi,and were it not for the distinctive keyhole shapedmark on the
front of the kilt, it would neverhavebeenconsideredto be a statuefrom the tomb. The
kilt is a patternedone,with a carvedbelt anda knot insertedinto a hole underneathand
slightly to the left of thenavel.The knot is in
extant the Gunn MSS 519
photograph, but is
no longer on the statueitself. The right arm is pendant,with the handholding the front
flap of the kilt, the fingers on the front surface, and the thumb behind (A. 7c). It is
interestingto note that the thumb is on the wrong side of the hand,that is, it adjoinsthe
outerpart of the handratherthanthe inner.
517Peterson's 1
no.
518
cf.op.cit.,10,no.4.
519P1.53c.
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The remaining four statueswith the projecting-panelkilt have wigs rather than
skullcaps.Catalogue No. A88, Boston MFA 24.608, Pl. 54a-b,520andCatalogue No.
A89, New York MMA 26.2.9,PI. 54c-e,521both wearthe layeredwig with onelayerto
the forehead,andthenseveraloverlappinglayerscoveringthe ears(W.5). The statuesare
virtually identical,evenin size, with MMA 26.2.9 measuring42 cm, and MFA 24.608
40
measuring cm. Both have their left arms pendant
with the handclaspinga Steink-ent,
andjoined to the thigh by a bridge of wood which has not beencarvedaway,although
this could easilyhavebeendone.The right anusare also pendant,with the handholding
the front fold of the plain kilt, with the fingerson the front surfaceand the thumbbehind
(A. 7b). Both havea hole for the knot carvedunderthe navel,but the knot itself is only
extant in MFA 24.608. Both statues have their left leg advanced(S.3). The inscriptions
on the basesare alsothe same,for'the Overseer of the sealeddocument, Tjeteti'.
The last two statuesin this category are also virtually identical, although their
inscriptions appear to be different. The difference in size is a mere 0.5 cm, Catalogue
No. A90, JE 93161, Pl. 55, measuring 39.5 cm, and Catalogue No. A91, JE 93163, Pl.
56, measuring 39 cm. Both statuesare striding (S.3), and wear an echelon-curl wig, but
this time with the cars completely disclosed (W. lb). The left arms are pendant, with the
hands held as natural fists (A. 8a). The left hand of JE 93161 is still attachedto the thigh.
The right arms are also pendant, with the hands clasping a tube of cloth formed by the
kilt being folded around the side, and then the top edge being grasped.The tube is more
clearly visible on JE 9316 1, JE 93163 has the top comer of the fold directly against the
hand. The thumb in both casesrests along the top of the tube. The projecting-panel kilts
(D. 3a) are both plain, and have a hole carved for the knot above the waistband, just to the
right of the navel. The only extant knot, on JE 93163, leans towards the left of the navel.
The folding of the kilt around the right hand side results in much more cloth being
to the forehead and then several overlapping layers (W. 5). The ears are covered in all
cases.
Catalogue No. A92, New York MMA 26.2.8, Pl. 57a-b, is a striding figure (S-3)
520
op. cit., 8-9
521
op. cit., 13
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wearinga half-gofferedkilt (D.2a). There is a carvedwaistband,anda tab the left hand
sideof the navel.The goffers on the right thigh do not extendaroundthe backof the kilt.
The left leg is extended.The right arm is pendantwith the hand, which is damaged,
fisted.The outerpartsof the fingers are now missing,but the fist wasoriginally pierced.
The inside of the fingers are still attachedto the thigh. The left arm is pendantto the
elbow,thenheld forward with a piercedfist (A.3).
The otherfour statuesin this grouparevirtually identicalto eachother,and fall into
pairs according to size. Catalogue No. A93, Neuchatel Eg. 328, Pl. 57c-d, and
Catalogue No. A94, Boston MFA 24.607, Pl. 58a-b, both measure 52 cm. The
unlocatedstatueon p. 21 of Peterson's
article,Catalogue No. A96, Pl. 5 If, canbe seen
to be the samesizeas its neighbour,JE 93162, Catalogue No. A95, Pl. 58c-d, which
measures38 cm. All four statuesare wearing the sametype of kilt as that wom by
MMA 26.2.8,that is, the half-gofferedkilt with a carvedtab up onto the belly to theleft
hand side of the navel (D.2a). All four have their left legs extended,but to different
degrees(Eg. 328 is S.3, as is CatalogueNo. A96 and JE 93162 ; MFA 24.607is S.4).
Their armsare all pendant,and still attachedto the thigh at wrist level. CatalogueNo.
A96 appearsto have natural fists (A. 9), while the other three have their fists clasped
aroundSteinkeme(A. 1),white-paintedin the caseof Eg. 328 andMFA 24.607.
The remaining four statueswith short kilts all wear the echelon-curlwig which
covers the ears (W. 1). They include the unlocated statue on the right on page 21 of
Peterson'sarticle, Catalogue No. A100, Pl. 59d. The style of their kilts divides them into
in
two sub-groups, one of which the statuesare virtually identical in size,522but in the
Catalogue No. A 100 is 6 taller than its 523 MM 11412 and MM
other, about cm partner.
11413 are both wearing kilts which have no goffers on them at all. They are both higher
around the back than around the front, and they both have a carved tab rising to the right
hand side of the navel, an unusual variant of its position. MM 11413 has no cross-flap
(D. 2g), but MM 11412 seems to have two, one to each thigh (D. 2h). They both have
their arms pendant and their fists clasped around Steinkeme. The right arm in each case
is carved free of the torso and thigh, the left remains attached at the wrist (A. 1). MM
11411 and Catalogue No. A100 are both wearing a half-goffered kilt (D. 2c), but neither
has a tab up onto the belly. On both statuesthe arms are pendant and still attachedto the
522Medelhavsmuseet
MM 11412,Cat.No. A97,Pl. 59a;MM 11413,Cat.No. A98,Pl. 59b.
523MM 11411,Cat. No. A99, Pl. 59c, 35 cm, andCatalogueNo. A100 is the samesize
measures
asMM 11412andMM 11413,thatis, about42 cm.
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thigh at the wrist. The handsareall naturalfists, althoughfrom the back, MM 11411has
tracesof white paintwhich may havebeenintendedto indicatea Steinkenz(A. 9).
The only pair to the seatedstatuein the tomb is the stoneonefound with the group
in a recessor serdabin the shaft.524The stonestatueis publishedby Peterson,p. 6-7.
The seatedstatueis Catalogue No. A101, Neuchatel Eg. 329, Pl. 60a-b, and shows
Tjeteti wearinga smoothflared wig which, although it is wom back off the face at the
sides,neverthelessappearsto coverthe ears.It is just aboveshoulderlength (W.4b). The
is
statue wearinga short kilt with no visible decoration(D.6). The armsof the statueare
restingon the thighs,the right handis openwith the palm downwards,the left is clasping
a Steinkem with the thumb uppermost (A.4c).
The last statuefrom the tomb is a femaleone. Catalogue No. A102, Pl. 60d, has
not been locatedand thereareno indicationsof scaleon the The
photograph. statueis of a
standingfemale,wearinga simpletripartitewig tuckedbehindthe ears,the first example
of this type (WL2a). The dressis a sheathdress,only indicatedby the hemline at mid-
calf (Df. 2). The arms are separatelyattachedand are pendant,with long open hands
which curve out from the body (AQ). The statueis standingon an inscribedbase.There
appears to be some room for doubtasto whetherthis statueactuallydoescome from the
tomb of Tjeteti - nowherein Gunn'snotesdoesit directly statethis.
An interesting feature to note about Tjeteti's tomb group is that every male statue
has its arms carved from the samepiece of wood as the torso, including the statueof
Shemi.The front partsof the feetareusuallyseparatepieces.It is moreusualto haveone
or both armsattachedto the shouldersby internalpegswhich may or may not be visible
on the surface,as is the case with the female statue.Within other tomb groupsit is not
unusual for one or more of the statuesto be made from one pieceof wood,but for every
one to be so madeis, as far asI know, unique. The wide rangeof quality in thecarving,
and the rangeof groupsand sub-groupsof styles,leadsto the inevitableconclusionthat
at least two scuýlptors
were involved in the carving of the tomb group, and probably
more. It also casts further doubt on the attribution of the female statueto the group;
surelyshe too should have beenmade in the samefashionasthe malestatues.
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the end of Dynasty VI. 526 He was a priest in the funerary cults of two Dynasty IV
pharaohs,Cheops and Djedefre, and the names of his children are compounded with the
names of those kings. Cherpion has taken this to mean that he was alive during their
actual reigns, but in fact it only shows that he did not live earlier than that. The false door
in the tomb is of a type that can be dated to late Dynasty VI. 527 The mastaba was
excavated by Junker in 1927 in the West Field at Giza. The statue was found in a stone
chest528in a very poor state of preservation. The remains of an ecelon-curl wig can be
discerned (W. 1?), 529 and we can see that the left arm was held forward at the elbow
(A. 3).
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(D. 2b), and with the arms pendant with the handsclasping Steinkeme(A. 1). It was
discovered lying in a niche in the chapel of Naga ed-Der tomb N 3777 by the
Reisner/HearstExpedition of 1901-3. This is a cemetery dating from the VI - VIII
Dynasties.531It wasaccompaniedby a stonescribestatuePHMA 6-19756,which is of
VI
a late Dynasty type.532
The last group of statues which can be assigned to the period covering the end of
Dynasty VI and early Dýnasties VII and VIII, all come from Naga ed-Der Cemetery
100.533The rock-cut tombs of the high officials and nomarchs were surrounded by the
Catalogue No. A107, Boston MFA 12.1234, Pl. 61c, the head of a male statue, was
found in the shaftof tomb N 12.The wig is onewith severalhorizontallayersand with a
striatedfringe (W.5).
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The nine male statuesfall onceagain into the two groupswe haveseenso often,
onefor the long projecting-panelkilt andonefor the shortplain kilt.
Catalogue No. A108, PhoebeHearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley,
PHMA 6-15203, N 43: 5, P1.6ld-e, and Catalogue No. A109, Berkeley PHMA 6-
15207, N 43: 9, Pl. 63a-b, both wear the long projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a), in
combinationwith an echelon-curlwig with one long layer to the forehead,then several
overlappinglayers,coveringthe ears (W.5). As far as can be told from the scaleon the
photocopyof 6-15203,its height is within a very few centimetresof that of 6-15207,
which measures43.5 cm. 6-15203 has the left leg advanced (S.3), and the kilt is
unpatterned.The armsare pendant,and the left handis a naturalfist. The right hand is
claspinga tube of cloth from the kilt with the thumbon the upper surface(A. 8a).There
is a knot insertedjust abovethe waistband,slightly to the left of the navel.Theredo not
appearto be any paint traceson the kilt, althoughthe white paint on the left thumbnailis
perfectlyvisible. 6-15207alsohasthe left leg advanced(S.3). The kilt is unpatterned,
but
hasretainedall its original white paint.The remainsof an unpaintedknot arevisiblejust
abovethe waistband,slightly to the left of the navel.The armsarependant,with the left
handa naturalfist. The right lignd is holding a largetubeof cloth which slopesupwards
from the middle of the side of the kilt, with the thumb along the top of the slope.The
cloth doesnot continuethroughthe fist, thereis no traceof white paint at the backof the
hand(A. 8a). It is probablethat 6-15203hasa similar type of grip, but the photocopies
aretoo small to be ableto seefor sure.
The remaining sevenmale statuesall wear a short plain kilt. Catalogue No. A 110,
Berkeley, PHMA 6-1520 1, N 43: 3, Pl. 63c-d, Catalogue No. A 111, Berkeley, PHMA
6-15205, N 43: 7, Pl. 64a-b, and Catalogue No. A112, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15206, N
43: 8, Pl. 64c-d, all wear an echelon-curl wig with one long layer down to the forehead
and then several overlapping layers, covering the ears (W. 5), a short plain kilt with no
decoration whatsoever (D. 6), and have their arms pendant with the hands as natural fists
(A. 9). Their left legs are all advanced (6-15201 is S.3, while 6-15205 and 6-15206 are
S. 1). They are all within a centimetre and a half of each other in height, 536and none of
them has any paint tracesat all on their kilts, although the white paint in their eyes and on
their thumbnails has survived. Catalogue No. A 113, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15208, N 43:
10, Pl. 65 a-b, appearsfrom the photocopy to be the same size as the previous three, and
535Reisner,ASAE5 (1904),108;Brovarski,
personalcommunication.
536 6-15201is 48.3
cm; 6-15205is 48.5 cm; 6-15206is 47 cm.
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it matchesthem completely in all other details (W. 5; D.6; A. 9; S.1). Catalogue No.
A 114, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15212, N 43: 14, Pl. 65 c-d, is much smaller than the
previous four, measuring only 35 cm, with a white paintedkilt, but is otherwisethe same
in the details(W.5; D.6; A.9; S.3). Catalogue No. A 115,Berkeley,PHMA 6-15210,N
43: 12, Pl. 66 a-b, measures32 cm, wears a white paintedkilt (D.6) and the armsare
pendantwith the hands as natural fists (A. 9). The statueis wearingan echelon-curlwig
coveringthe ears(W. 1). Catalogue No. A 116, Berkeley,PHMA 6-15211,N 43: 13,Pl.
66 c-d, is similar in heightand style (W.5; D.6; S.3) to the previousstatues,but the right
hand,insteadof being held asa claspedfist, is openandcurvesaway from the body as
the handsof femalestatuesdo (A. 12).
The applicationof white paint to the kilt is an interestingphenomenon.Of the nine
male statues,only threehavewhite paint on their kilts, and in thesecasesit is intact.The
remaining six show no signsof ever having had paint on their kilts. It is usuallytaken for
grantedthat everystatuewas painted, and occasionswhere this does not appearto be the
caseare explained by the paint not having survived the passage of time. In this case,
however, we have a number of statues which have all been subject to the same
conditions,yet on somethe paint is intact, and on othersthereis no traceof it at all. In
addition,the paint appliedto the wigs, eyes,finger- and thumbnails,and to the skin has
survived, regardless of whether or not the kilt 537
was painted. It is unlikely that a
different pot of white paint wasused for the kilt, than for the whites of the eyesand for
the thumbnails,andastheseplacesstill retaintheir paint, the inevitableconclusionis that
the kilts wereneverpainted.This leadsus to ask why? It cannothavebeena questionof
time, or the lack of it, becauseeverythingelseaboutthe statuesis complete.Nor, as we
haveseenabove,is it a questionof the type of statue.Eachgrouphasat leastonepainted
and one unpainted example in it. That only leaves the implication that it was not
consideredparticularlyimportant to paint the kilts on all of the The
statues. efficacyof the
statueswould not be affectedby this lack of 'finish'. Although no remainsof linen wraps
or gold leaf were discoveredin the tomb, it is possible that such a meansof finishing
them was employed. If gold leaf was the decorationthen it may have beenrobbedin
antiquity. To balanceagainstthis is the questionof whethera provincial official at this
period would have beenable to supply so many of his statueswith gold leaf for their
skirts. Linen wraps are the most likely items to havebeenusedfor the skirts and it may
537 The
red paint applied to the skin is usually a very thin wash and has survived mainly under the
armsand under the chin.
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be only an accidentof preservationthat no tracesremainor wererecorded.
Of the eight femalestatuesfrom the tomb, two wear a long sheathdresswhile the
remaining six are nude. The two clothed statuesappearto be of slightly betterquality
than the six nudeones.Catalogue No. A 117, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15204,N 43: 6, Pl.
67 a-b, is a standingfemale (Sf.2), wearinga tripartite wig which is tuckedbehindthe
ears (Wf. 2a). The front bunchesreachbelow the line of the shoulders,but not as far
down asthe top of the breasts.The armsarependant,andthe handsareopenandcurving
awayfrom the body (Af. 3). The sheathdressis only indicatedby a crudehemlinevisible
betweenthe legs at mid-calf level (Df. 2). The pubic and navel areais carvedas if the
statuewerenude.The spacebetweenthe legsbelowthe hemlineis carvedaway.Thereis
no traceof paint on the dress,andonly tracesof blackpaintaroundthe eyes.
Catalogue No. A 118, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15209,N 43: 11, Pl. 67 c-d, is a much
largerfigure538in an echelon-curlwig fitted closeto the skull and surroundingthe ears
(Wf. 4). The arms are pendantwith the handsopenand curving away from the sides
(Af. 3). The left leg is advanced(SL3). The sheathdressis only indicatedby a hemline
betweenthe legs just below the knees(Df. 4). The statueis carved from one piece of
wood, and this accountsfor somestiffnessaroundthe shouldersand hips. There is no
traceof paint on the dress,althoughthe white in the eyesandon the finger- andtoenails
is still extant.The skin colour is dark red.
Catalogue Nos. A 119-124are six nudefigures (Df. 3) which canbe divided into
two groups in two ways. The skin of three of the figures is paintedred'539and of the
is
otherthree paintedyellow.540 The normalcolour for females is yellow. The red colour
could indicatethat the three affected statuesare servantswho havetanned outsidein the
sun, but there is no justification for this, as other statuesof female servantsshow the
normal yellow colour for the skin of females,and the statue6-15209 is also red. The
inevitableconclusionis that it wasnot consideredof vital importancefor thesefiguresto
be eitherall yellow or all red.Anotherway of dividing thesestatuesis by the wigs. Three
of the statueswear a short,close-fitting, naturalcoiffure (WL5),541andthreethe close-
542
fitting echelon-curlwig which revealsthe ears(WL4). It can be seenthat two of the
538 6-15204
measures23.2 cm; 6-15209measures42 cm.-
539 CatalogueNo. Al 19, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15213,N 43: 15, Pl. 68
a-b; Cat. No. A120, Berkeley,
PHMA6-15215, N43: 17, PI. 68c-d; Cat. No. A121, Berkeley,PHMA 6-15218,N43: 20, Pl. 69a.
540 CatalogueNo. A 122, Berkeley, PHMA 6-15214, N 43: 16, Pl. 69
c-d; Cat. No. A 123,Berkeley,
PHMA 6-15216,N 43: 18, Pl. 70 a-b; Cat. No. A 124,Berkeley,PHMA 6-15217,N 43: 19, Pl. 70 c-d.
5416-15216;6-15217;6-15218 -
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figures in bagwigsare yellow and one is red, while the oppositeis true of the echelon-
curl wig statues- two of thoseare red and one is yellow. All six statueshave their legs
together(Sf.2), and four have their pubic areaspaintedblack, the remainingtwo have
their pubic triangle indicatedby a series of black and red dots superimposedon each
other.543The four smaller have
statues their arms carved from the samepieceof wood
as the torso, the statue6-15215 has the right an-nseparatelyattached,
and 6-15213has
both anns separatelyattached.All the arms are pendantwith open handswhich curve
away from the body (Af. 3). All the statues stand on baseswhich areuninscribed.
The earliestnomarch'stomb is N71, Tjemerery, which can be datedto the very end of
the Old Kingdom.545The shafttomb of his wife Inet-kemet,N 248, containedthe right
hand side of the headof a male statue,and a nude female statue.Both are new types.
Catalogue No. A 126,Berkeley,PHMA 6-12840,Pl. 71a,is a male headwearinga wig
that hasa verticaldecorationradiatingout from the crown. The strandswhich fall on the
foreheadarelong; thosewhich fall aroundthe restof the head,andcoverall but the tip of
the ear, are divided into small rectangleswhich alternatelike bricks in a wall (W. 8).
Catalogue No. A127, Pl. 546
71b, is a striding femalewith its left leg advanced(Sf.3a).
The wig is a bagwig coveringthe ears(Wf. 3b). The left arm is missing, but the right is
pendant and has an openhand (Af. 2). The statueis nude (Df. 5), and the breastsare not
particularly pronounced - if it were not for the female genitalia the statuecould be
mistaken for a male one. It is perhaps a figure of a pre-pubescentgirl, possibly a
daughterof TjemereryandInet-kemet.
543 6-15214;6-15217.
544 SeeAppendix 1, 380.
p.
545 C. Peck,Somedecoratedtombs the First Intermediate Period Naga
of at ed-Wr, (Ph.D. Brown
University 1958;University Microfilms 1959), 83 ff.
546 1 knowledge of this statue to correspondence E. Brovarski. I do not know
owe my personal with
where it is located at present.
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CHAPTER 4.
Introduction
The survey of the statuesfrom Catalogue B which follows is basedon the data from the
analysis of the CatalogueA statues.The criteria listed for CatalogueA have beentaken as
the starting point for the arrangementof Catalogue B into a relative chronological order.
Where possible, parallels have been drawn to one or more statues in Catalogue A, and
the earliest or latest date of occurrence of a feature for statues with no parallels.
Sometimes the parallels cover severalreigns, sometimes they are confined to one reign,
or a narrow time-scale. Where there are several statuesfrom one reign, for example that
of Pepi 11,they have been listed in the order of their parallels in Catalogue A. It has been
necessaryto assumethat the criteria from Catalogue A are the earliest occurrenceof the
feature, but it is possible that many were in evidence before then.
Catalogue No. B1, Cairo Museum CG 139, Pl. 71 c-e, is a large, highly decorated
female. The statueis wearing the slightly flared, aboveshoulder-lengthstriated wig
(WL 1), with the naturalhair showingon the forehead(Ac-7). The arms arependantwith
extended hands (Af. 3), and there are wristbands(J.6). An elaborate
pectoralhangsover
the decorativecollar Q.3, J.4). The statueis wearing a sheathdressonly evidentby the
hem (Df.4), and is striding (Sf.3a).The closestparallelsin CatalogueA are Nos. A7 and
A22, Pls. 6 and 13a,neitherof which is striding. A7 is wearinga similar pectoralandis
thusthe closerparallel.It canbe datedto the endof the reign of Nyuserreor slightly later.
Catalogue No. B2, Cairo Museum CG 380, Pl. 72 a-b, is a seatedmale (S.5) in a
variationof the flared andstriatedwig (W.4). The forearmsarecarvedfree of the body,
and the right handis claspedon the right kneewith the thumb uppermost.Most of the
left forearm is missing, but the remainsof extendedfingers are visible on the left knee
(A.4). The statueis wearinga half-gofferedkilt (D.2). The closestparallelis Catalogue
No. A 11, Pl. 9, which datesto the Isesi-Unasperiod.The provenanceof CatalogueNo.
B2 is not known,but the suggested dateimpliesthat it comesfrom Saqqara.547
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Catalogue Nos. 133-5,MFA 13.3462-4,Pls. 73 a-c, were found in a tomb at Giza, G
2336, excavatedby Reisner in his 1911-1913seasonsfor the Harvard/Boston MFA
expedition. They are three female statues in an exceedingly poor condition. MFA
13.3462and 13.3463are wearing the above-the-shoulder,striated,flared wig (Wf. 1).
MFA 13.3462is wearing a sheathdress (Df. 4), while MFA 13.3463is not definable
(Df.6). They both havetheir armsin the Af. 2 position. The third statue,MFA 13.3464,
be
may nude, but as the lower parts of the legs are gone it is impossible to be certain
(Df.6). The statueis either shaven-headed,
or wearinga skull-cap(WL5). The dating of
thesestatuesto the reign of Unasis achievedon the basisof the wig Wf. I, which is not
known after the reign of Unas.
Catalogue No. B6, Cairo Museum JE 28990, Pl. 89 c-d, is a nude striding male in a
short echelon-curl wig (W. 1, D. 4a, A. 9a, S.2). It is not possible to say whether the statue
the is 548
In the illustration in Borchardt, the figure is
was circumcisedas penis missing.
shown without arms,but it now has its left arm. The statuewas acquiredby the Cairo
Museum in 1890, is
and said to come from Akhmim. 549The closest parallel from
CatalogueA is No. A 13,P1.10b-c, a statuewhich datesto the reign of Unas.
Catalogue No. B7, Cairo Museum CG 155, Pl. 72 c-d, is a striding male (S.2) from
Saqqara.The statueis wearing a short echelon-curlwig (W. 1) and a half-goffered kilt
(D. 2i). The arms are pendant and the hands are holding Steinkeme (A. 1). There are five
in Catalogue A. 550Catalogue No. A 18, Pl. 14 a-b
parallels which dates to the reign of
Unas, is the most similar.
Catalogue No. 138,Inv. Nr. 10858, Pl. 74 a-b, a statue of Pehernefert from the fon-ner
East Berlin collection, 551 comes from the small cemetery of Kafr Ammar in the
Fayyum.Unfortunately this cemeteryis not particularlywell documentedand from the
pottery forms we can only ascertainthat it datedfrom the early Old Kingdom through
into the early Middle Kingdom. 552 The statueis of a striding male (S.3) in the half-
547Seeabove,
p. 13.
548 Statuen 1, CG 233, Pl. 48.
549 See
n. 409.
550 Catalogue Nos. AI 8,40-41,97-98.
551 K. Priese(ed.
), Das Äg>ptischeMuseunzBerlin, 30, Nr. 1g.
-H.
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gofferedkilt (D.2d) and a shortechelon-curlwig which coversthe ears(W. 1). The arms
are pendant and the hands are claspedaround Steinkerne (A-1). The closest parallel to
this statueis CatalogueA 18, Pl. 14 a-b, which datesto the reign of Unas.
Catalogue No. B9, Cairo Museum JE 10892,553Pl. 74c, was discovered in Mariette's
1860 Saqqara season, the same seasonof excavation as the statuesof Ka-aper and his
wife, and probably not far from them. The statue is a nude female (Df. 3), wearing a
short flared striated wig covering the ears (WEI) and a broad collar with a counterpoise
(J.3). The arms are pendant with open hands (Af. 3) and there are wristbands (J.6). The
legs are together and the lower parts are damaged,but the lower hemline which usually
indicates a sheath dress is not present (Sf. 2). The statue is made from a single piece of
wood, and this may well account for a certain stiffness in execution. The craftsman
would have been restricted by the natural contours of the wood. The closest parallel is
Catalogue No. A22, Pl. 13a, based on the wig and the arms, that is, from the reign of
Unas. The earliest nude figure in Catalogue A dates to the end of the Old Kingdom, 554
but the wig weights the evidence towards the earlier figure. Catalogue B5 is probably
Catalogue No. B10, Louvre N 2293, Pl. 74 d-f, is the only pair statue in the whole
corpus. It is a man and his wife, and would be difficult to date were it not for the fact that
the woman is wearing wig Wf. 1, which does not appear after the reign of Unas. The
other criteria are inconclusive for dating purposes. The man is wearing a smooth flared
wig which reveals the ears (W. 4a), not a type known from the Catalogue A feature list, a
half-goffered kilt (D. 2a), and the right arm is pendant with the hand clasping the
Steinkern. The left arm is bent across the body at the elbow, and the fist appearsto be a
natural one (A. 2). The woman is standing close to her husband and her left arm is
holding him around his back (Af. 4). She is wearing a sheath dress (Df. 2). The closest
parallel from Catalogue A for the female is No. A22, Pl. 13a, which dates to the reign of
Unas; the closest parallel for the male is No. A24, Pl. 18, which also datesto the reign of
Unas. The provenance of this pair statue is unknown. It once formed part of the Salt
Collection.
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Catalogue No. B1I, PetrieMuseum Inv. No. 8844, P1.75 a-b, is the upperpart of the
statueof a male. Only the head,torso and upperleft arm are extant.The coiffure is the
short,close-fitting naturalone (W. 3), and the skirt was probably a version of the half-
gofferedkilt as thereis a protrudingtab on the left side of the navel(D.2j). A slot in the
elbow of the left arm indicatesthat the lower arm was probably held acrossthe chest
(A. 2c). One statuefrom CatalogueA, No. A29, PI. 21, parallels the wig and arms. It
datesto the reign of Unas.
Catalogue No. B12, British Museum EA 55584, Pl. 75 c-d, is a striding, nude,
circumcised male (D. 4 and S. 1) which has long been considered to be a fake, and
in
appearsassuch the mostrecentpublicationof it. 555This assumptionis basedmoreon
external evidence than on the evidence of the statue itself. It was purchased in 1922 in
Cairo, along with a very suspicious seated statue, and is considered to be a copy of the
Meryrehashtef statueswhich had then just been discovered.556It is suggestedthat it was
fashioned within a couple of months of that discovery, copied from the publication
was totally unknown in the repertory of wigs on wooden statues, and extremely rare on
stone statues'560until the discovery of the tomb of Ny-kau-_Isesi.The arms are also
different. All nude figures from the Old Kingdom wearing W. 2 or variants have their
555 Taylor, Fake?, 162-3, No.' 166.
556 Catalogue Nos. A46-48.
557 Petrie, Ancient Egypt VI (1921), 65-69.
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arms held in position for a staff and perhaps a sceptre (A. 6 a'nd A. 6a), except for
Catalogue A47, whose arms are pendent with the hands clasping Steinkerne (A. 1).
Catalogue No. B12 also has his arms pendant and is clasping Steinkeme in both hands
(A. I).
A further point of interestis the sizeof the statue.CatalogueNo. B 12 is 106 cm
tall, Catalogue No. A36 is three-quarterslife-size. The Meryrehashtef statues are much
smaller, being 66 CM'561 50.8 562
CM, and 64 cm. in height.563The wood of the statue is
undergoing a Carbon 14 dating test at present, which may solve the dilemma. Until the
results of that test are available it seemsbetter to consider the statueto be genuine. On the
basis of the parallel with CatalogueNo. A36 I have placed it into the reign of Teti.
Catalogue No. B15, Pl. 76c, a statuein the CranbrookAcademyof Art in Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan, No. 401131, not actually seenby me, resemblesthe previous statue
561 CatalogueNo. A.46.
562 CatalogueNo. A47.
563 CatalogueNo. A48.
564 CatalogueNos. A 16
and 17.
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the anns are held in a different fashion (A. 1).565The wig is W. I
very strongly, although
and the kilt is D. 2a. The closest parallels to this statueboth date to the reign of Pepi 1.566
Catalogue No. B16, Amsterdam,Allard PiersonMuseum Inv. No. 48, Pl. 78 a-b, is a
striding maleof unknownprovenance,formerly in the Amherstcollection.The statueis
wearingan echelon-curlwig which coversthe ears(W. 1) anda half-gofferedkilt (D.2f).
The armsare held in the position for the staff and sceptre,althoughthe left forearm is
missing,and the right hand is clasping the Steinkem (A. 3e). There are two parallelsin
CatalogueA, 567one of which datesto the reign of Pepi I and the other to the reign of
Pepi11.The kilt inclinesthe evidenceto the earlierparallel.
Catalogue No. B19, British Museum EA 55261, Pl. 80 a-b, is a striding male (S.3) in a
short echelon-curl wig (W. 1b), and a short plain white skirt (D. 5). The arms are held in
the manner for the staff and sceptre (A. 3), and a wavy wooden staff is held in the left
hand (Ac. 3). The right fist is pierced. The provenance is unknown. The closest parallels
in Catalogue A are Nos. A46, Pl. 29c, and A48, Pl. 29e, two of the statues of
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Meryrehashtef. They wear the first occurrenceof wig W. 1b, the echelon-curl wig
revealingthe They
earlobes. aredated to the periodfrom the reign of PepiI into the reign
of Merenre.
striding statue of Hema on an inscribed base, said to be from Assiut. It was purchased
on the art market in 1958. The statue is wearing a short echelon-curl wig revealing the
ears (W. I a) and a plain belted skirt with a hem in the shapeof an inverted V (D. 5a) The
left arm is missing and the right is pendantwith a pierced fist (A. 6a). The closest parallel
from Catalogue A is No. A52, Pl. 31a, a statuewhich dates to the transition period from
the reign of Merenre to the reign of Pepi H.
Catalogue No. B23, British Museum EA 29563, PI. 81d, is a nude male from Tomb
103 at Deshasheh.It was excavated by Petrie in 1897.569The arms are missing, as are
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the legs below the knees(S.4a). The statueis wearing an echelon-curlwig in vertical
rows which coversthe ears(W.6b), a type not known in the CatalogueA featurelist. The
genitaliaaretoo damagedto seewhetherthe statuewascircumcisedor not (D.4a). It can
be datedto early in the reign of Pepi II on the basisof its closestparallelin CatalogueA,
No. A55, Pls. 32 & 33. Petrie datesthe earliesttombs at Deshashehto the middle of
Dynasty V and saysthat "the tombs were executedin successiveorder from south to
north" (p. 4). Tomb 103 is in Petrie's "6th Spur" (Pl. 1) and thereforelate, particularly
sinceTomb 50 in the "4th Spur" datesto the reign of Teti or later. A datein the reignof
Pepi11would thereforebe appropriate.
Catalogue No. B24, Cairo MuseumCG 220, Pl. 81 e-f, is said to be from Akhmim and
arrivedin the Cairo Museumin 1888.570 It is a largestriding male(S.3), height 125cm,
wearingan echelon-curlwig in vertical rows which coversthe ears(W.6b). In addition,
the statueis wearinga short,plain white skirt (D.6) andalthoughthe left forearmis now
missing, the arms were held in the position for staff and sceptre(A. 3c). The closest
parallel from CatalogueA is No. A55, Pls. 32 & 33, which datesto the early partof the
reign of Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B25, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 41-1937, PI. 83 a-b, is the head
Catalogue No. B26, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van OudhedenAH 114, Pl. 83 c-d, is a
striding male (S.3) of unknown provenance,originally in the Anastasicollection. The
statueis wearing the short, close-fitting naturalcoiffure (W.3) and a long projecting-
panel kilt (D. 3a). The arms are pendant with the left hand openand the right holding a
tubeof cloth at the sideof the skirt (A. 8). This meansof holding the arms is not known
before the reign of Pepi 11.Thereare four possibleparallelsin CatalogueA, 571but the
closestis A57, Pl. 35, a statuewhich datesto the first half of the reign'of Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B27, British Museum EA 53899, Pl. 84, was discoveredat Antinod in
570 See 409 above.
n.
571 CatalogueNos. A56-57,76, and 85.
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1914,and presentedto the Museumby the Egypt ExplorationFund.It is a stridingmale
(S.1) on a baseinscribedwith the nameand titles of the deceased, but unfortunatelythe
name is no longer legible. The statueis wearing an echelon-curlwig in vertical rows
which coversthe ears(W. 10), a short, plain white skirt (D.6), and the armsare held in
the positionfor the staff andsceptre,althoughthe right hand is a naturalfist (A.3d). The
figure canbe paralleledwith severalstatuesfrom CatalogueA,572but is not sufficiently
more like one than anotherto be able to choosea direct parallel.All of them,however,
dateto the reign of Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B28, Saint Louis Art Museum 1.1986, Pl. 85 a-b, is a striding male in a
long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a) andthe short,close-fitting naturalcoiffure (W.3). The
armsarependantwith the left handopenand the right claspinga tubeof cloth at the side
of the skirt (A. 8). This manner of holding the arms is not known before the reign of Pepi
11.The statue was purchased by the museum in 1986, and the provenance is unknown.
There in CatalogueA, 573 dateto Pepi
arethreepossibleparallels all of which the reign of
11.
Catalogue No. B29, Cairo MuseumCG 370, Pl. 85 c-d, is a striding maleof unknown
provenance,missingbelow the knees(S.4a). The statueis wearingan echelon-curlwig
which coversthe ears(W.2) anda plain undecoratedskirt (D.6). The armsareheld in the
position for staff and sceptre,but the right hand is clasping the Steinkem(A. 3a). The
closestparallelin CatalogueA is No. A58, Pl. 36, which datesto the reign of PepiII.
Catalogue No. B30, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van OudhedenAH 91, Pl. 86 a-b, is a
striding male of unknown provenancewearing a short, echelon-curlwig covering the
ears(W. 1), a short, plain white skirt (D.6) and a reversalof the mannerof holding the
armsfor staff andsceptre:the left arm is pendantwith a piercedfist, the right is missing
the forearm,but the slot in the elbow indicatesthat it washeld forward (A. 14).Thereare
severalstatueswhich parallel the wig and skirt combination in Catalogue A. 574all of
themdatingto the reignof PepiII andlater.
122
Catalogue no. B31, Hildesheim,Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum
Inv. Nr. 1244,Pl. 86
c-d, is the headand torso of a striding male 4a).
(S. It is wearinga shortechelon-curlwig
covering the ears(W. 1) anda plain skirt (D.6). The arms are missing.Thereareseveral
possibleparallels in Catalogue A, 575 rangingin datefrom the reign of Pepi11to the end
of the Old Kingdom.
CatalogueNo. B32, Cairo MuseumJE 28855,CG 221, Pl. 87, is a statueof Tjeti, on an
inscribedbase.The statuecomesfrom Akhmim. 576It is wearing an echelon-curlwig
with one long layer to the level of the forehead, andthen severalshorterlayers,covering C)
the ears(NV.5). The skirt is shortandplain (D.6) andonly onearm is extant,pendantand
with the hand clasped and pierced (A. 6a). The left leg is advanced(S.3). There are
severalpossibleparallels from Catalogue A, 577all of which dateto the reignof Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B33, Louvre E 11566, Pl. 88, is a striding figure (S. 1) of a man called
Tjeti wearing a long projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a) and with a closely shaven head (W. 3a).
The arms are held in the position for staff and sceptre (A. 3), but neither of these
is
attributes extant. The statue originally had inlaid eyes (Ac. 4), but only the damaged
sockets remain. It is said to have been discovered in 1890 at Akhmim, 578 but was not
acquired by the Louvre until 1918. An analysis of the wood reveals that both the statue
and the base are made of acacia. The statue is generally considered to come from the
latter part of Dynasty VI.
There are no parallels in Catalogue A with the combination of wig and skirt and
arms, and only some which parallel the skirt and arms. They range from the end of
Dynasty IV to the reign of Teti. 579The statue Catalogue No. A38, dated to the reign of
Teti, is the only one with the longer type of skirt and thus forms a terminus post quem
for the date. The coiffure is a rare type580 with only one example from Catalogue A,
dating to the last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest.581Later statuesin this skirt
575 Nos. A5 8,73,8 1,
and 115.
576 Idem.
577 Catalogue Nos. A60,70-72, Pis. 38,43cA, 44a-b,
and 46a-c respectively.
578 See
above n.. 409. Cf. Kanawati, El-Hawawish VII, 57-8.
579 Catalogue Nos. A6,20,25,
and 38, Pis. 5,15b, and 19a.
580 W. 3a is differentiated from W. 3
only by the absence of any trace of paint or a carved hairline. It
is possible that a painted skullcap was originally present.
581 CatalogueNo. A86.
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neverhavetheir armsheld in this mannerbut ratherhold the front fold of the skirt. Thus,
CatalogueNo. B33 is eitheran exampleof a statuein the long projecting-panel type,with
the arms held in style A. 3, but before a changein coiffure, in which casethe closest
parallel is CatalogueNo. A38, dating to the reign of Teti; or a statue with the new
coiffure W.3a, and skirt D.3a, but an old methodof holding the arms,in which casethe
closestparallelis CatalogueNo. A86, Pl. 51d-e, which datesto the last yearsof PepiH at
the earliest,but which hasarm featureA.7b. CatalogueNo. A62, Pl. 39c-d,datingto the
reign of Pepi 11,with arm feature A. 1, coiffure W.3 and arms A. I is anotherpossible
parallel. The balanceof the evidenceappearsto favour a date in the reign of Pepi 11,
taking into accountthe fact that W.3a is possibly only the result of the disappearance
of
the original blackpaint.A dateearlierthanthe reignof Teti is not possiblebecauseof the
skirt type.
Catalogue No. B34, Cairo Museum JE 29145, CG 454, P1.89a-b, was discoveredat
Akhmim in 1890.582It is a striding (S.1), nude,circumcisedmale (DA), wearing the
bagwig (W.7). The armsare missing.The wig is one which doesnot appearbeforethe
reign of Pepi11.The closestparallel in CatalogueA is No. A63, Pl. 40, which datesto
the reign of Pepi 11.An interesting featureof this statueis the extremely large black-
painted pubic triangle above the genitals. This is the only nude male with such a feature.
A female statue also from Akhmim, Catalogue No. B72, Pl. 106 c-d, has a similar
black-paintedpubic triangle.
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beingCatalogueNo. A63, Pl. 40.
Catalogue No. B37, Turin, Museo Egizio Inv. Suppl. 3104, Pl. 89e, is a nude striding
uncircumcised (D. 4b). The arms are held in the position for staff and sceptre, but the
right hand is clasping the Steinkem and the left forearm is missing (A. 3e). There are no
parallels in Catalogue A for a nude statuewearing the bagwig, but the wig itself points to
a date not earlier than the reign of Pepi 11.
Catalogue No. B38, Marseille,Mus6eBorely Inv. 218, Pl. 91a,is a striding male(S.2)
in the short,close-fittingnaturalcoiffure (W.3) andthe long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a).
It comesfrom Giza, and was originally part of the Clot-Bey collection. The armsare
pendant,with the left hand claspingthe Steinkem the
and right holding the front edgeof
the kilt with the fingers on the front surfaceand the thumb behind (A. 7d). There are
in Catalogue A, 583all of them dating to the reign of Pepi 11or
severalpossibleparallels
slightly later.
Catalogue No. B39, Berlin, Staatliche Museen PreuBischerKulturbesitz Inv. Nr. 1363,
Pl. 91b, is a striding statueof Gemniuser from his tomb near the north-east comer of the
mastabaof Kagemni at Saqqara, discovered by Lepsius in 1843. The location proves that
it is later than the reign of Teti as it clearly postdatesthe tomb of Kagemni. The name
Gemniuser may be a reference to Kagemni = Gemni: "Gemni is strong". The statue is
wearing the short, close-fitting natural coiffure (W. 3), a long projecting-panel kilt (D. 3a)
and has the arms pendant with the left hand a natural fist and the right holding the front
of the kilt with the fingers on the front surface and the thumb behind (A. 7b). There are
three parallels in CatalogueA584all of which date to the reign of Pepi 11or slightly later.
Catalogue No. B40, Turin, Museo Egizio N. Suppl. 1197,Pl. 91c, is a nudestatueof
Memi, said to come from Saqqara.At presentthere are three Memi's known from
Saqqara:a) the sonof Mereruka,which.would meana datein the reignof Teti or slightly
later;b) it is a nicknameof Kagemni,which againwould meana datein the reignof Teti;
and c) the owner of the obelisk fragment mentionedin PM 111/2,683,and datedto the
583Catalogue
Nos.A64,65and86,Pls.4la-dand5ld-e,respectively.
584Catalogue
Nos.A64,65and86,Pls.4la-dand5ld-e,respectively.
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end of Dynasty VI. The statuewasacquiredby Schiaparelliin Egypt in 1900-01.It is
wearingthe short,close-fitting naturalcoiffure (W.3) and is circumcised(DA). The left
is
an-n pendantwith the hand held asa naturalfist, the right is missing(A.9a).The statue
is striding with the left leg advanced(S.3). The closestparallel in CatalogueA is No.
A68, Pl. 43 a-b, a statuewhich datesto the reign of Pepi II, which would supportan
identificationwith c) above.There is alwaysthe possibility, however,that this Memi is
noneof the above,but rathera fourth, previouslyunattestedMemi.
Catalogue No. B42, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden F 1938/7.7, Pl. 93c, now
Catalogue No. B43, Cairo Museum JE 28901, CG 224, Pl. 93 a-b, is said to come
from Luxor and was acquired by the museum in 1890. It is a figure of a striding male
(S.4b) wearing an echelon-curl wig with one long layer to the forehead, then several
585Kanawati,EI-Hawawish
X, 21-22,Pl. 4.
586 Catalogue Nos. A69-72,82,92-95,
and 104, Pls. 41b, 43c-d, 44a-b, 46a-c, 47d, 57a-d, 58a-d,
and 61a, respectively.
587 CatalogueNos. A70-72, Pls. 43c-d, 44a-b,and46a-c.
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shorter layers, andcovering the ears(W. 5). The is
statue wearing a half-goffered kilt
(D.2f) and the armsare pendantwith the left handclaspedarounda removableplug of
wood and the right handopenand held forward. The thumb and index finger of the right
handarenow broken,but they appearto havebeeninclinedtowardseachotherto form a
circle (A. 13).The statuecanbe paralleledto CatalogueNo. A7 1, Pl. 43 c-d, which dates
to the reign of Pepi 11.
Catalogue No. B44, Cairo Museum CG 148, Pl. 92d, is a seatedstatue of Hebet (S.5),
of unknown provenance.The figure is wearing a short echelon-curl wig covering the ears
(W. 1), and a half-goffered kilt (D. 2e). The arms are resting on the knees with the right
hand clasping the Steinkem and the left open and palm downwards on the left knee
(A.4d). The closestparallel from CatalogueA is No. A73, Pl. 45 a-b, a statuewhich
datesto the middleor endof the reign of Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B45, Turin, Museo Egizio Inv. 1216,Pl. 92 e-f, is also'aseatedmale
figure of unknown provenance. The statue is wearing the short, echelon-curl wig
coveringthe ears(W. 1) andthe half-gofferedkilt (D.2b). The armsareon the kneesbut
theýhandsare too damaged to tell their position (A. 4b). The closest parallels from
CatalogueA are Nos. A73, PI. 45 a-b, and A74, PI. 45 c-d, both of which date to the
the reign of Pepi 11.
middle or endof
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the reignof Pepi11or slightly later,andtheotherto the endof the Old Kingdom.
590HESPOK,
59.
591Idem.
128
Catalogue No. B51, Copenhagen,NationalmuseetAAb 153, Pl. 96 a-b, is a striding
male of unknown provenance missing the left leg (S.4b). It was presentedto the
museumby Th. Reutzeof Vienna in 1841.The statueis wearingthe short,close-fitting
natural coiffure (W. 3a) and a short plain skirt (D. 6). The arms are pendantwith the
handsheld as natural fists (A. 9). There are no exact parallels in CatalogueA for this
combination of features.There are several with the samecombination of skirt and
however,andtheseall dateto the endof the reign of Pepi11or slightly later.
arrns'592
pendant with the hands held as natural fists (A. 9), and the left leg is advanced (S.3).
There are several parallels in Catalogue A, depending on whether the comparison is to
the wig and the skirt or to the skirt and the arms. The closest parallel for the former is
No. A59, Pl. 37, which datesto the reign of Pepi11.The parallelsfor the latter dateto the
Pepi Il 594
later. Thearchaeological evidencesupportsthelaterdate.
endof the reignof or
I
CatalogueNo. B53, New York, MetropolitanMuseumof Art, MMA 59.50.1,Pl. 97 a-
is
c, a striding maleoriginally in the Huntley Bequestof 1959. It is saidto be from Lisht.
The statueis wearingthe short,close-fittingnaturalcoiffure (W.3) and a long projecting-
panel kilt (D.3a). The armsare pendantwith the left hand claspedand piercedand the
right holding the front edgeof the skirt, with the fingers on the front surfaceand the
thumbbehind(A.7e).Thereare severalstatuesin CatalogueA which matchthe wig and
dress'595but nonewith exactly the samemannerof holding the arrns.The bestparallel
would seem to be No. A86, Pl. 51 d-e, a statuewhich datesto the last yearsof Pepi11at
the earliest.This statuehas its legs advancedas doesCatalogueNo. B53, and unlike
Catalogue No. A65. CatalogueNo. A64 has a damagedhand so the natural fist of
CatalogueNo. A86 is alsoa betterparallel.
Catalogue No. B54, Louvre E 10357iPI. 98 a-b, was purchasedin Luxor in 1889and
592 Catalogue Nos. A81,110-115, Pl. 47c, 63
s. c-d, 64,65, and 66 a-b, respectively.
593 See
above pp. 90-9 1. Petrie, Sedment, 1,7,10-11, Pl. XXVI, 4.
594 Catalogue Nos. A81,110-115, Pls. 47c, 63
c-d, 64,65,66 a-b.
595 Catalogue Nos.
A64,65, and 86, Pls. 41 a, 41c-d, and 51d-e.
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wasoncepart of the Stier Collection.Its exactprovenanceis unknown.The statueis of a
striding male (S.3) in a short echelon-curlwig with onelong layer to the forehead,then
severalshorterlayers,coveringthe ears(W.5). It is wearinga long projecting-panelkilt
(D.3a) andhaspendantarmswith the fists claspingSteink-eme (A. 1).Thereareno exact
parallelsin CatalogueA, but four match both 596
the wig and the skirt. They dateto the
last yearsof Pepi 11at the earliest,and to the end of the Old Kingdom. An interesting
featureof this statueand the next is the length of beadworkworn aroundthe neckwith
the looseendshangingon the chest(j. 10).597
CatalogueNo. B55, Cairo MuseumJE 28900,CG 232, Pl. 98 c-d, is very similar to the
previousstatue.It wasacquiredin Luxor in 1890.It is a striding male (S.4) in the short
echelon-curlwig with one long layer to the foreheadand then severalshorter layers,
coveringthe ears(W.5), and the long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a). Both of the armsare
missing,but the fingers of the right handremain on the front surfaceof the skirt (A.7f).
Thereareno exactparallelsin CatalogueA, but four matchboth the wig andthe skirt.598
They dateto the lastyearsof PepiH at the earliest,andto the endof the Old Kingdom.
Catalogue No. B57, Boston,Museumof Fine Arts, MFA 24.609,Pl. 99 c-d, is a statue
found in the debrisof the tomb of Hagi, No. 5202at SheikhFarag.601Thesecemeteries
apparentlycameinto usearoundthe end of the Old Kingdom 602
or slightly earlier. The
596Catalogue Nos.A88-89,108-109,Pls.54a-e,61d-e,and63a-b.
597Seep. 70.
598CatalogueNos.A88-89,108-109, Pls.54a-e,61d-e,and63a-b.
599Excavated in 1897byPetrie;Petrie,Deshasheh,
31.
600Seidlmayer,Grilberfelder,
386.
601Excavated by theHUMFAexpedition in 1923-24.
underReisner
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statueis of a striding male (S.1) wearing a short, echelon-curlwig revealingthe ears
(W. 1a),anda long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a).The armsarependantwith the right hand
clasping a tube of cloth at the side of the skirt, and the left hand holding a Steinkenz
(A.8b). Thereare two parallelsfrom CatalogueA, Nos. A90, Pl. 55, and A91, Pl. 56,
both of which dateto the lastyearsof PepiH at the earliest.
Catalogue Nos. B58 - B62603are part of a cache of twelve statues found in 1926 in a
Ptolemaic tomb located just outside the south enclosure wall of the Step Pyramid. 604
Only these five have been located, but a further two large ones, supposedly also from
this cache,are illustrated by Gunn.605The photograph on MSS XXII. 95 showing seven
smaller statuescannot be only of statues from this cache, as the total would then exceed
twelve. As none of the second group of seven statueshas been located it is not possible
to say which belong to this cache and which do not. Only the five statuesdefinitely from
the cache have been included in this survey. Also among the find were three inscribed
bases,dedicatedto the Overseerof the Two Graneries,1hy.
Catalogue No. B58, Pl. 100,is a statueof My striding on an inscribedbase.It is
wearinga short, echelon-curlwig with one long layer to the forehead and then several
shorter layers, covering the ears (W. 5) and a half-goffered kilt (D. 2c). The figure is
holding its arms in the manner for the staff and sceptre (A. 3). This combination is
paralleledin CatalogueA by No. A92, Pl. 57 a-b, a statuewhich datesto the last yearsof
Pepi11at the earliest.
Catalogue No. B59, Pl. 97 d, is a striding figure of lhy in the short,close-fitting
naturalcoiffure (W.3) and a long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a).The arms arependantwith
the right hand clasping the Steinkern. The left hand is missing (A. la). The closest
parallelfrom Catalogue A is No. A62, Pl. 39 c-d, which datesto the reign of Pepi11.
Catalogue No. B60, Pl. 97 e-f, is a striding figure of Ihy in the close-fittingnatural
coiffure (W. 3) and the long projecting-panelkilt (D.3a). The arms were both pendant,
but the left arm is now missing.The right handis clenchedandpierced(A.6a).Thereare
602SeeBrovarski, esp.307.
LA IV, 296-317,
603Catalogue No. B58= Neuchatel,Musded'Ethnographie
Eg.425;CatalogueNo.B59= New
York, MetropolitanMuseumof Art, MMA 27.9.3;CatalogueNo. B60 = Neuchatel,Musde
d'EthnographieEg.424;CatalogueNo. B61= NewYork, MetropolitanMuseumof Art, MMA
27.9.5;Catalogue
No.B62= NewYork,Metropolitan
Museum of Art, MMA27.9.4.
604PM111/2,650-51.
605MSSXXII.92 XXII.94[right].
and
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no parallelsin CatalogueA.
Catalogue No. B61, Pl. 101 a-c, is a striding figure of lhy in a vertically layered
echelon-curl wig, with a straight fringe and revealing the earlobes(W. 8), a wig not
known beforethe end of the Old Kingdom.606In addition,the statueis wearinga half-
gofferedkilt (D.2c) andholds its armsin the position for staff and sceptre,but with the
right handclaspedas a naturalfist (A. 3b). In the photographof this statuefrom Gunn
MSS XX11.36it is standingon an inscribedbase.Thereis no traceof this basewith the
statueat present.
Catalogue No. B62, PI. 101d-e, is a striding figure of 1hyin a vertically layered,
echelon-curl wig, with a straight fringe and covering the ears (A. 8a). The statue is
wearing a half-goffered kilt (D. 2c) and holds the arms in the position for staff and
sceptre(A.3). The wig is unknownin CatalogueA.
The statuesof lhy have parallelsin CatalogueA which rangefrom the reign of
Pepi 11at the earliest,to the end of the Old Kingdom. However,featureswhich do not
appearearlier than the end of the Old Kingdom in Catalogue A incline the evidence
towardsthe later date.The last yearsof Pepi II are thus the earliestdatepossible.This
is,
man therefore,not the samemanasthe original ownerof the tomb of Idut, 607
nearby.
Catalogue No. B63, Cairo Museum JE 5 83 1, CG 126, Pl. 102 a-b, is a striding male of
unknown provenance, originally in the Sammlung von Huber of 1859. The statue is
wearing a vertically layered echelon-curl wig, with a straight fringe and revealing the
earlobes (W. 8), a half-goffered kilt (D. 2a) and has the arms pendant. The right arm is
damaged and the left is clasped around a Steinkem (A. la). The closest parallels to the
combination of kilt and arms from Catalogue A are Nos. A93, Pl. 57 c-d, and A94, Pl.
58 a-b, which date to the last years of Pepi 11at the earliest. The wig is not known before
the end of the Old Kingdom (Catalogue No. A 126, Pl. 71a).
Catalogue No. B64, Chicago,Field Museum of Natural History Inv. No. 30104, Pl.
103 a-b, is a striding male (S.4b) of unknown provenance,given to the museumby
EdwardAyer in 1894.The statueis wearinga shortechelon-curlwig, revealingthe ears
(W. I a) anda half-gofferedkilt (D.2f). The armswere pendant,but the right arm is now
missing. The left hand is a natural fist (A. 9a). The closestparallelfrom CatalogueA is
606CatalogueNo.A 126,Pl.71a.
607Thatlhy datesto thereignof Unas.SeeStrudwick,
Administration,
63 (15).
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No. A99, Pl. 59 c, which datesto the last yearsof Pepi11at theearliest.
Catalogue No. B65, Uppsala, Victoria Museum 177, Pl. 102 c-d, is a striding male of
unknown provenance.The statueis wearing a short, echelon-curl wig with one long layer
to the forehead, then several shorter layers, covering the ears (W. 5). The skirt is short
and plain (D. 6) and the right arm is pendant with a pierced fist. The left arm is missing
(A. 6a). There are several possible parallels from Catalogue A, all dating from late in the
reign of Pepi 11to the end of the Old Kingdom. 608Catalogue Nos. AI 10 and A 114 are
the only ones with a similar stance.They date to the end of the Old Kingdom.
Catalogue No. B66, Pl. 103 c-d, is an unlocated statue from tomb N 90 at Naga ed-
D8r.609The tomb is owned by a man called Gegi, who is probably the same man as the
striding male (S.4b) wearing a short echelon-curl wig covering the ears (W. 1), a short
plain skirt (D.6) andwith the left arm pendantandthe handa naturalfist. The right arm
is missing (A. 9a). The statuewas accompaniedby two inscribedbases,but I havenot
been able to ascertainfrom the photographs which base the statueitself ofiginally stood
on. The right base is illustrated on Pl. 103 d. The closest parallel from Catalogue A is
also from Naga ed-Der, No. A 115, Pl. 66 a-b, which dates to the end of the Old
Kingdom.
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endof the Old Kingdom, althoughno statuein CatalogueA matchesmore than two of
613
them.
Catalogue No. B68, Cairo Museum JE 51482, Pl. 104 c-d, is a standing female
excavatedby Jequier at South Saqqarain 1927.614The statue is wearing a smooth
tripartite wig which reveals the ears (WL2a), and a sheath dress (DL2). The left hand
side of the statue is missing. The right arm is pendant with an open hand (Af. 2). The
closest parallel from Catalogue A is No. A 117, Pl. 67 a-b, which datesto the end of the
Old Kingdom.
Catalogue No. B70, Cairo Museum JE 28993, CG 223, P1.106 a-b, is a standing
female ( Sf.2) missing the arms. The statueis said to come from Akhmim and was
acquiredby the museumin 1890.616It is wearing a slightly flared, echelon-curlwig
revealingthe earlobes(WV) and is nude(DL3). An interestingfeatureis the distinctive
black pubic triangle,sin-dlarto thaton CatalogueNo. B26. The parallelsfrom Catalogue
A0 dateto theendof the Old Kingdom.617
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CatalogueNo. B72, PetrieMuseum,University CollegeLondon,UC 16658,Pl. 106c-
d, is a standingfemale( Sf.2) of unknownprovenance.The statueis nude(Df. 3) andis
wearinga short echelon-curlwig revealingthe earlobes(Wf.4a). The armsare pendant
with openhands(Af. 3). The parallelsfrom CatalogueA all dateto the end of the Old
Kingdom.619
Catalogue No. B75, Marseilles,MusdeBorely, Inv. 217, Pl. 108 a, is a striding male
said to be from Giza, and in the Clot-Bey collection from 1830-1860.The statueis
wearing a vertically layered echelon-curl wig, with a straight fringe, revealing the
earlobes(W. 8), and a half-goffered kilt (D. 2a). The arms are pendantwith the fists
claspingSteinkeme(A. 1). The closestparallel from CatalogueA is No. A 126,Pl. 71 a,
which datesto the endof the Old Kingdom.
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CHAPTER 5.
Introduction
The statuesin CatalogueC are Old Kingdom statueswhich haveno direct parallelsin
CatalogueA. Somestatueswhich havebeenattributed to the Old Kingdom but may
belongto the Middle Kingdom or evento the Late Periodhavealsobeenincludedas no
definitive proof either way has as yet emerged.Some of the statueshaveparallels in
CatalogueB, andtherelevantdateshavebeenappliedto them.A few haveno parallelsin
either of the previous Cataloguesand so no date can be suggested,beyondthe wide
applicationof the term 'Old Kingdom'. In someother instances,
thereis just not enough
of the statueremainingto be ableto compareit to possibleparallels.
Catalogue No. C2, JE 63110,Pl. 109a-c, was found in tomb M XVI at SouthSaqqara.
The namesand titles in the tomb identify the man as Anu, Inspectorof prophetsof the
pyramid of Pepi 11, he
and probably datesto the end of that reign or slightly later. The
620 SaqqaraExcavationNumber 3513-26[4211.
621 Published by Martin, Hetepka, 21, Pl. 22 No. 15; and, id., SAN, 114, Pl. 14 No. 1598. See
Appendix 1.
622 Cf. Helck. Beamtentiteln,
passim.
623 Martin, SAN, 1] 4
and Appendix H.
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coffin found in the tomb has been examined by WillemS624 who assigns it to his group
1/1, a group with origins back to the beginning of Dynasty VI. Baer625attributes Anu to
the second half of the reign of Pepi IL A First Intermediate Period date, and even a
Middle Kingdom one, has been suggestedby some authorS626for tombs in this area,but
the majority are of Dynasty VI date so the earlier date cannot be ruled out. The statuewas
found in the burial chamber by Mquier in his 1933-4 season.627It is the figure of a man
with the left leg very slightly advanced (S. 2), in a skullcap (W. 3) and a knee-length
pierced and holding a sceptre(A. 6a). The kilt and the separatelycarved knot inserted into
the waistband just to the left of the navel are covered in gold leaf. There are no parallels
for this statuein Catalogue A, and only one in Catalogue B, B58, Pl. 100, a statuewhich
dates to the last years of Pepi 11at the earliest.
wearing an echelon-curl wig in vertical rows which reveals the earlobes (W. 6a), and a
short, plain white skirt (D. 6) which is covered by a piece of linen wrapped around the
statue's waist (Ac. 15). The arms of the statue are pendant with both the hands open
(A. 15), and the left leg is advanced(S-3). Both the wig and the arms are new styles. The
archaeological discussion above, pp. 90-91, suggests a date at the end of the Old
624 Chests
ofLife, Sq20X, pp. 186-7.
625 Rank
and 7-Itle,[84163.
626 Notably Fischer, W 90 (1963), 37; Mquier, ASAE 35 (1935), 153-55.
627 Mquier, ASAE 34 (1934), 79; 35 (1935), 153 fig 17.
,
628 Petrie, Sedment 1,7.12-13, Pl. XXVI, 1. The rest of the contents of the tomb are in
Copenhagen as well: the Nationalmuseet has a pair of offering bearers No. 7545; the Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek has two boats,a granary,a domesticsceneand two coffins EIN 1585-6.
137
Kingdomasthe earliestpossiblefor this statue.The coffins found in the tombhavebeen
examinedby WillemS629who assignsthem to his group 1/1,a groupwith origins back
to the beginning of Dynasty VI.
Catalogue No. C5, Cairo Museum JE 28992, CG 228, PI. 110a-b, is a standingnude
female (Sf. 2; Df. 3) wearing a striated tripartite wig which does not cover the ears
(Wfi2b). The extantarm is pendantwith an openhand(Af. 2). The statueis saidto come
from Akhmim, and enteredthe museumin 1890.630The closestparallelin CatalogueB
is B67, Pl. 104a-b,which datesto the endof the Old Kingdom.
Catalogue No. C6, Cairo Museum JE 28994, CG 225, Pl. 110c-d, is a standingnude
female(Sf.2; DO) in a tripartite wig which is madeup of echelon-curls,is shorterat the
back, and which doesnot cover the ears (Wf. 6). The arms are missing. There are no
exactparallelsin eitherCatalogueA or CatalogueB. It mostlikely datesto the endof the
Old Kingdom, as it resemblesthe statuesfrom that period more than the one from the
reignof Unas'631 but thereis alwaysthe possibilitythatit is from a laterperiod.
Catalogue No. C7, ManchesterMuseum No. 4230, Pl. 110 e, is a poorly preserved
statueof a nudefemale(130). The wig is a tripartite onewhich revealsthe ears(Wf.2a)
and the armsare missing (ALI). The provenanceis unknown.The closestparallelfrom
CatalogueB is B70, Pl. 106a-b,which datesto the endof the Old Kingdom.
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The next four statues in the sequence,Catalogue Nos. C9-12, Pl. I 11, are all
uncircumcised,and threeof themhaveevidenceof a sidelockof youth on the sidesof
their heads.C9 has beendated by Smith634to early in Dynasty V, and parallelsare
drawn by him to C 10 and C 11. C9 doesnot have any sign of a sidelockbut C 10, CII
andC12 do. C9 andCIO havetheir right indexfinger pointingto their mouth,while CII
and C 12havetheir armspendant.CII hasopenhands,C 12hasthe left handopenand
the right claspedand pierced.This may be evidenceof a developmentover time, as we
haveseenbeforein the featurelist. It doesnot appearpossibleto assigndatesto C9-12,
but their relativeorderappearsto be secure.
Catalogue No. C9, Berkeley,PhoebeHearstMuseumof AnthropologyInventory
No. 6-19768, Pl. IIIa, is a nude and uncircumcisedmale (D.4b), wearing a short,
close-fitting naturalcoiffure (W. 3). The left arm was pendant,and is still extantin the
illustration in Smith'635althoughit is not on the statueat present.The right arm is bent
upwardsat the elbow acrossthe chest,and the index finger is resting on the lower lip
(A. 17a).The left leg is advanced(S.4). The statuecomesfrom the burial chamberof G
1152 at Giza. This statue has been variously dated to Dynasty IV, Dynasty V and
DynastyVI. 636
Catalogue C10, Cairo MuseumJE 17331,CG 128,Pl. IIIb, is a nudemalewith
the right leg slightly extended(S.8), and pointing with the right index finger to the lower
lip. The left arm is pendant, and the hand is open. The right hand, except for the index
finger, is clasped (A. 17). The figure is uncircumcised (D. 4b) and is wearing the short,
close-fitting natural coiffure. In addition, there was once a sidelock of youth on the right
hand side of the head (W. 3c). The statuecomes from Giza.
Catalogue No. C11, Cairo Museum CG 149, Pl. III c-d, is a nude male of
unknownprovenancewearingthe short,close-fittingcoiffure which oncehad a sideloCk
on the right handside (W.3c). The figure is standing(S.7) andis uncircumcised(D.4b).
The arms are pendantwith open hands (A. 15). The provenanceof this statueis not
known.
Turin, Museo Egizio, unknown inventory number,
Catalogue No. C12, Pl. IIIe,
is an uncircumcised nude male statue (D. 4b). The figure is striding (S. 1) and the arms
are pendant with the right hand as a pierced fist, and the left hand open (A. 12a). The
634HESPOK,
59.
635
op. cit., PI. 23d.
636 E. Elsasser/Fredrickson, Ancient Egypt, 36; PM 111/2,56; Alte Agypten, 62.
g., Westendorf, Das
139
statueis wearingthe short,close-fittingnaturalcoiffure, and there is a peg on the right
sideof theheadindicatingthat the sidelockof youth wasoncepresent(W.3c).
Catalogue No. C13, Yale, University Art Gallery Inv. No. 1957.7.18,Pl. 112c, is the
face of a life-size male statue,presentedto the museumby Mr Fred Olsen in 1957.It
oncehad inlaid eyes(Ac.4), and the wig is an echelon-curltype, but not enoughof it
remainsto establishwhich (W. I c). Therearethreestatuesin CataloguesA andB which
haveechelon-curlwigs and inlaid eyes,Nos. A5, A 13 and B 16, Pls. 4,10 b-c, 78 a-b,
respectively,but noneof theseis sufficiently like this piece to justify a parallel being
drawn.
Catalogue No. C14, Cairo Museum JE 47036, Pl. 112 d-e, is the head and shoulders of
a male statue, found in Burial No. 33 of the Teti Pyramid Cemetery at Saqqaraby Firth
and Gunn in 1921-22. The statue is wearing a smooth, flared wig which covers the ears
(W. 4d). There are no exact parallels in either Catalogue A or Catalogue B, although two
statueshave vaguely similar types of wig (Nos. A60, Pl. 38, which dates to the reign of
Pepi If, and A 101, Pl. 60 a-b, which dates to the last years of Pepi R at the earliest). The
proximity of the burial to the tomb of Kagemni would imply that it doesnot predatethat
monument (which dates to the reign of Teti), but how much later it is cannot be
established.
Catalogue No. C15, Cairo Museum JE 28902, CG 226, Pl. 112 f, is a statue of a
striding male acquiredin Luxor in 1890.There is no more exact listed.
provenance The
figure.is wearinga uniquetype of echelon-curlwig (W.9), madeup of verticalrows with
an undivided fringe and divided locks aroundthe head.It coversthe ears.In additionthe
figure is wearinga plain kilt (D.5). The armsaremissing.Thereare no parallelsin either
CatalogueA or B. It is possiblethatthis statueis a LatePeriodpiece.
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CHAPTER 6.
The Catalogues
The information in the cataloguesis designedto supplement the information in the text. It
not only includes information derived from the feature lists, but also other information
relevant to the individual statue, such as bibliography, associated items, and the
inscription,if any. It is whereall the information is gatheredtogetherinto onereference
sheet.
The first entry is the Catalogueletter, A, B or C, followed by the numberof the
statuewithin the catalogue,eg. B65.
This is followed by the Plate No. so that the corresponding illustration can be
quickly located, and a Page Reference for the dating discussion in the text.
The Inventory No., if known, is listed next, including the institution to which the
statuenow belongs.
A short Description follows, eg. striding male,standingfemale,etc.
Then the Provenance, if known, is given, beginning with the name of the
necropolis, and continuing with some more exact information about the tomb, if known.
The Date is establishedby external criteria for the statuesin Catalogue A, and by
internal cross-referencing for Catalogue B. The dates in Catalogue C must remain
tentative.
The Statue Height is given in centimetres, where known, and usually includes the
base. Separatemeasurementsfor the baseare given in the section Base H. W. L., also in
centimetres. Statues without bases are measured from the feet to the top of the head,
without including the chock of wood under the heels which is designedto fit into the
base.
The features,Wig, Dress, Arms, Accessories,Jewellery andStance,are listed
using the sameletter/numbercombination as in the main text, eg. : Wig W. 5; Dress
D.3a;etc.
The Inscription is describedand a transliteration,wherepossible,is given. The
inscriptionsarediscussedin moredetail in Appendix 1. A handcopyof the inscriptionis
affixed to thebottomof the relevantcataloguesheets.
A shortdescriptionof the physicalCondition of the statueis the next section.
The extantColour on the statueis briefly described.It did not prove possibleto
141
coordinatecolour traceswith a colourchartdueto the manyandvariedconditionsunder
which I viewedthe statues.
The Date of Discovery lists the earliestknown modemdatefor the statue,andthe
name of the discoverer, if known. This information is often useful when trying to
reconstructtheexacteventssurroundingtheappearance of a statue.
Associated Items are usually the other objects found in a tomb group. They
include any other statuesfound, with their cataloguenumbers.Relief blocks and other
materialarelistedin Porter-Moss.
The Bibliography lists the sourcepublicationand the Porter-Mossreferencefor
the remainderof the bibliography, and is supplementedby referencessubsequentto
Porter-Moss,whereknown.
Comments is the section reservedfor any further relevantinformation; and in
CatalogueB andCatalogueC alsoincludesthe crossreferencesto CatalogueA.
142
CATALOGUE A
143
A1 Plate No. 1 PageRef. 78-80
Inscription -
Condition Large areas of plaster and wood missing on inside of right arm, right
hip, right leg, and left shin. Right hand damaged, left foot missing.
Nipples missing. Most of right leg a modem restoration. Missing
base.
Colour Black paint traces on wig; white traces on skirt; red traces on skin.
Date of Discovery Firth, January-April 1931
Associated Items Cairo JE 87699, Catalogue No. A2.
Bibliography Forman, Ag3ptische Kunst, 52, Pl. 33.
Comments Harpur, Decoration, dates S 3078 and S 3080 to the reign of Snofru,
277 [559] and [560].
144
A2 PlateNo. 2 PageRef. 78-80
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 87699; SR15086
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara3079, north of Step Pyramid, Dyn. III-IV cemetery
Date Dynasty IV - Snofru
StatueHeight 117 cm BaseH. W. L.
wig W. 2 Dress D. 2 Arms A. 2
145
A3 PlateNo. 3b PageRef. 80-81
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 34; SR 15747
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara36, [C8], Ka-aper
Date Dynasty IV - Dynasty V
StatueHeight 110cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2a Dress D. I Arms A. 3
146
A4 Plate No. 3c PageRef. 80-81
147
A5 Plate No. 4 PageRef. 81
Inscription -
Condition Some heavy cracking on the left side of the head. Missing entirely
below the hips.
Colour Traces of red paint around the eyes.
Date of Discovery Mariette, January 1860
Associated items Perhaps part of the tomb group CG 34, male and CG33, female,
Catalogue Nos. A3 and A4.
Bibliography PM 111/2,724-5; Vandier, Manuel 111,125; Wolf, Kunst, 170,173-4,
Pl. 138; Staehelin, Trcicht, 160, n. 5; Shoukry, SASAE 15,90 n. 1; 92
n. 3; 100 n. 5, n. 6; 104 n. 3, n. 4, n. 8, n. 9, n. 10; Cherpion,
Mastabas, 99.
Comments
148
A6 Plate No. 5 Page Rer. 81
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 26645: CG 268; SR 15720
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqam,tomb of Kahif, Prophet of the Pyramid of Nyuserre
Date Dynasty V- end of reign of Nyuserre or slightly later
StatueHeight 101 Cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress D. 3 Arms A. 3
Inscription Base, three vertical lines and one horizontal: (1) rhý-nsivhn-pr
pr c3 (2) fry-ýtmw (3) imv-r wpt pr c3 (4) ýim-ntr
K3(f)#wfif
Text on skirt illegible; Borchardt reads i'my-Ir hun [... mn] swt
...
[Ny-wsr-Rcl ým-ntrK3(t)-ý(wfi`f
Condition The thick decorative plaster layer is in poor condition, but the statue
underneath appears to be in relatively good condition. The ears are
damaged, the inlaid eyes are gone, the left forearm is missing.
Colour Black on wig, white on skirt, red on skin and skirt knot, yellow red
and green tassels, blue and green collar, red inscription on skirt.
Date of Discovery 18 May 1873
Associated Items Perhaps JE 22073, female, Catalogue No. A7.
Bibliography PM HI/2,722; Staehelin, Tracht, 160 n. 5; Shoukry, SASAE 15,92
n. 3,100 n.7,104 n. 3, n. 4.
Comments This statue was found on the same day as JE 22073, Catalogue No.
A7. It is possible that they come from the same tomb.
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149
A7 Plate No. 6 PageRef. 81
150
A8 PlateNo. 7 c, d PageRef. 82
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 40037
Description Head of male
Provenance Saqqara,LS 16 [S902], Vizier Rashepses,serdab
Date Dynasty V- Isesi
StatueHeight 26 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress - Arms
Accessories Ac. 6 Jewellery Stance
Inscription
-
ConditionOnly the head survives.
Colour Black coiffure, brows, outlines of eyes,and pupils, moustache;
whites of eyes white, tracesof red in the comers of the eyes.
Dateof Discovery Quibell, 1907-8
AssociatedItems Stone statuebase: Cairo Temp. No. 23n/17/17
Bibliography Quibell, Saqqara (1907-08), 23-4, Pl. LX; PM 111/2,494-6;5000 drs
agyptisk kunst, Louisiana, No. 63; London. 5000 Years, Cat. No. 26;
5000jaar kunst uit Egypte, Cat. No. 23; 5000 dr eg3ptisk konst, Cat.
No. 33; Smith, HESPOK, 60; Strudwick, Adininistration, 116-7
[95]; Eaton-Krauss, Representations,Nos. 82-84,151-153; Harpur,
Decoration, 275 [456]; Kanawati, Adininistration, 20,133 n. 85.
Comments -
151
A9 PlateNo. 7 a, b PageRer. 82
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 28816, CG 153; SR 15078
Description Torso of striding male
Provenance Akhmim, perhaps from Tomb M23 Memi
Date Dynasty V- Isesi
StatueHeight 123 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2 Arms
Accessories Ac. 2 jewellery J. I Stance SA
Inscription
-
ConditionThe arms and the legs below the skirt are missing; a large patch on
the belly is gouged out; many cracks and fissures all over statue.
Colour Faint tracesof black on wig.
Dateof Discovery 1890
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography PM V, 25; Smith, HESPOK, 61; Kanawati, EI-Haivawish V11,57,
Pl. 18a; V, Pls. 4e, 8c, 9b; Shoukry, SASAE 15,90 n. 1,92 n. 3,104
n. 3, n. 8, n. 10,105 n. 1.
Comments -
152
A 10 Plate No. PageRef. 82-83
153
A 11 PlateNo. 9 PageRer. 82-83
Inventory No. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA 26.9.3
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Kaemsenu,near Teti Pyramid
Date Dynasty V- Isesi
StatueHeight 66 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig WA Dress D. 2 Arms A. 4
154
A 12 PlateNo. 10 a PageRef. 83-84
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 13.3465
Description Torso of striding nude male
Provenance Giza, tomb 2378A, LG 26, SenedjemibMehi
Date DynastyV- Unas
Statue Height 56 cm Base H. W. L. -
Wig Dress DA Arms
155
A 13 Plate No. 10 b, c PageRef. 83-84
156
A 14 PlateNo. 11 b PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93168
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep, near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 150 cm (approx) Base11. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2 Arms A. 3
157
A 15 PlateNo. 12 PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93170: SR 18276
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara.tomb of Akhtihotep, near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 89 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2 Arms A. 3
lz= E---j
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158
A 16 PlateNo. 13 b PageRer. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93173; SR18279
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep, near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 100 cm (approx.) BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2a Arms A. 3
159
A 17 Plate No. 11 C Page Ref. 84-85
Inscription -
Condition Missing left arm below elbow, right leg below hem of skirt, and left
leg below nU-calf. Base also missing.
Colour -
Date of Discovery Abdessalam Mohamed Hussein, 24 March 1940.
Associated items Seven male statues Cairo JE 93167-93173, Catalogue Nos. A 14-16,
A 18-21; female statue JE 93174, Catalogue No. A22.
Bibliography PM 111/2,638; Zayed, ASAE 55 (1958), 127-37; Badawi, ASAE 40
(1940), 495, Pl. XLVII; Id., CdE XX (1945), 80 [as Ptahhotep], von
Kdnel, Les pr&res-ouab, No. 1,1-4.
160
A 18 PlateNo. 14 a. b PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. JE,93167, SR 18273
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep. near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
Statue Height 135cm (approx.) BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2 Arms A. 1
Condition No tracesof a plaster coating-,some cracking down face and torso has
been repaired. Missing right foot. Some damageto the back of the
base.
Colour Black wig, tracesof red on torso.
Dateof Discovery Abdessalam Mohamed Hussein, 24 March 1940.
Associateditems Seven male statuesCairo JE 93168-93173,93175, CatalogueNos.
A 14-17, A 19-21; female statueJE 93174, Catalogue No. A221.
Bibliography PM 111/2,638;Zayed, ASAE 55 (1958), 127-37; Pls. VIII, back. LX.
3rd from left, XVI; Badawi, ASAE 40 (1940), 405. Pl. XLVII: Id.,
CdE XX (1945), 80 (as Ptahhotep]; von Kdnel, Les pr&res-oudb.
No. 1,1-4.
Comments There was no trace of an accessionnumber visible on this statue.
161
A 19 PlateNo. 15 a PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, EggyptianMuseum. JE 93169: SR 18275
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep. near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 79 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress D. I Arms A. I
Accessories Ac. I Jewellery J. 3 Stance S.3
Inscription Faint traces of one horizontal line on the base
(1) rh-nsw [ I
...
Condition Faint traces of plaster on skirt only, perhaps it never had any
elsewhere. Wood is blackened in places, including on face. Left front
comer of skirt gone. Base in bad condition. Left foot and front part of
right foot gone.
Colour Black coiffure, brows and outlines of eyes.
Date of Discovery Abdessalam Mohamed Hussein, 24 March 1940.
Associated items Seven male statues Cairo JE 93167-93168,93170-93173,93175,
Catalogue Nos. A 14-18, A'20-2 1, female statue JE 93 174, Catalogue
No. X2 2.
Bibliography PM 111/2,638; Zayed, ASAE 55 (1958), 127-37; Badawi, ASAE 40
(1940), 495, Pl. XLVII; Id., CdE XX (1945), 80 [as Ptahhotep]; von
Kdnel, Les pr&res-oudb, No. 1,1-4.
Comments -
162
A 20 PlateNo. 15 b PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93171, SR18277
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep, near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 175 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress D. 3 Arms A. 3
Accessories Ac. 2,3 jewellery J. 1 Stance SA
Inscription Base is apparantly inscribed with the namesand titles of Akhtihotep,
not visible on photograph.
Condition Missing right arm. Painted plaster surfacechipped and flaking.
Colour I only had accessto a black and white photograph.
Dateof Discovery Abdessalam Mohamed Hussein, 24 March 1940.
AssociatedItems Seven male statuesCairo JE 93167-93170,93172-93173,93175,
Catalogue No. A 14-19, A2 1; female statueJE 93174, CatalogueNo.
A22.
Bibliography
PM 111/2,638;Zayed, ASAE 55 (1958), 127-37, Pls. IX, right, X;
Badawi, ASAE 40 (1940), 495, Pl. XLVII; Id., CdE XX (1945), 80
[as Ptahhotep]; von Kdnel, Les pretres-ouab, No. 1,1-4.
Comments This statueis in an inaccessiblemagazine so I was only able to use
the black and white print from ASAE 55.
163
A 21 PlateNo. 14 c PageRef. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93172; SR 18278
Description Striding nude male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Akhtihotep, near Unas boat pits
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 87.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress DA Arms A. 3
164
A 22 Plate No. 13 a Page Ref. 84-85
Inventory No. Cairo, EgyptianMuseum,JE 93174;SR 18280
Description Standing female
Inscription -
Condition Plaster surface badly cracked and flaking all over. Legs missing
below the knees.
165
A 23 PlateNo. 17 PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA 26.2.6
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 77 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 5 Arms A. 4a
166
A 24 Plate No. 18 PageRef. 85-86
167
A 25 Plate No. 19 a PageRef. 85-86
168
A 26 PlateNo. 19 b PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet,MM 11410
Description Striding nude male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 82 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress DA Arms A. I
169
A 27 Plate No. 20 a, c, d PageRef. 85-86
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170
A 28 PlateNo. 20 b PageRef. 85-86
inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 93166; SRI 8272
Description Male, torso of scribe
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 47 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 2b Arms A. 5
171
A 29 PlateNo. 21 PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 52081; SR 14719
Description Striding nude male with hunchback
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 45.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress DA Arms A. 2a
172
A 30 PlateNo. 22 PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. New York-,MetropolitanMuseumof Art, MMA 26.2.3
Description Standing female
173
A 31 PlateNo. 23 d PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA 26.2.5
Description Standing female
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 80 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wfla Dress Df. 2 Arms AO
174
A 32 PlateNo. 23 a, b, c PageRef. 85-86
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 51738; SR15170
Description Standing female
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metri, near Unas causeway
Date Dynasty V- Unas
StatueHeight 150 cm BaseIf. W. L. -
wig Wf. 2 Dress Df. 2 Arms AO
175
A 33 Plate No. 24 a, b Page Rer. 86-88
Condition Badly cracked down front; face almost totally obliterated by cracks
and breaks; left arm and both feet missing; base missing.
Colour Black on wig, traces of red on skin, fingernails white, white traces on
skirt.
Date of Discovery Firth, 1922.
Associated items Cairo JE 67369, pair statue of Kapunesut and son, Catalogue No.
A35; Boston MFA 24.604, head of male statue, Catalogue No. A34.
Bibliography Quibell& Hayter, Teti Pýyramid Cemeteries 1,20; PM 111/1021.542:
Zayed, Trois ttudes, 1- 19; Kees, W7KM 54 (1957), 91- 100;
Strudwick, Administration, 150-1; Hayes, Scepter 1,112; Fischer.
MMJ 12(1977), 17n. 153;Ranke,Personennamen
1,339,12; Sethe.
Urkunden 1,206-7; Capart, Documents I, Pl. 13; Kanawati, Saqqara
1,7; Baer, Rank and Title, 143-4 (528); Harpur, Decoration, 276
[525].
Comments Had originally extensiverestoration, but this has now been removed.
A sceptrein the Saqqaramagazinewhich has the titles of Kapunesut
and Kaemhesiton it could belong to the statuein Cairo I did not see.
'13
176
A 34 PlateNo. 24 c, d PageRef. 86-88
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 24.604
Description Face of male statue
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Kaemhesit and Kapunesut, serdabof Kapunesut
Date Late Dynasty V- Unas/Teti
StatueHeight 13.5 cm Base11. W. L. -
wig W. 2 Dress - Arms -
Accessories - Jewellery - Stance -
Inscription -
Condition Only the front of the head and part of the neck is extant.
Colour Hair black, brows and outlines of eyes black, skin whitish yellow.
Dateof Discovery Firth, 1922.
Associateditems Cairo JE 67369, pair statue of Kapunesut and son CatalogueNo.
A35; Boston MMA 26.2.7, Catalogue No. A33.
Bibliography Quibell & Hayter, Teti PýyramidCemeteries1,20; Kees, WZKM 54
G 957), 91- 100; Shoukry, SASAE 15,23 8; Kanawati, Saqqara 1,7;
Baer, Rank and Title, 143-4 [528]; Harpur, Decoration, 276 [525].
Comments The skin colour is that usually reservedfor females, but the wig type
is only found on male statues.Quibell on p. 20 refers to the head of
the mother of Kapunesut and this may be the piece he means.
177
A 35 PlateNo. - PageRef. 86-88
inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 67369
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Kaemhesit and Kapunesut, serdabof Kapunesut
Date Late Dynasty V- Unas/Teti
StatueHeight 157 cm BaseH. W. L. 8 cm x 65 cm x 105.5cm
Wig - Dress D. 2 Arms A. 3
178
M
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11
Base
Sceptre
-
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Belt
A 36 Plate No. - PageRef. 88
179
A 37 Plate No. - PageRef. 88
180
A 38 Plate No. - Page Ref. 88
Inventory No. SaqqaraMagazine3
Description Standingmale
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Ny-kau-Isesi
Date DynastyVI - Teti
Statue Height 3/4 lifesize Base H. W. L. -
Wig W. I Dress D. 3a Arms A. 3
Accessories Jewellery Stance S.4a
Inscription
Condition Poor condition when discovered, now treated with plastifying
substance.Legs in very poor state.Side panelsof skirt attachedwith
pegs, two on each side.
Colour Black wig, red skin, white skirt. Traces of black around eyes.
Date of Discoviry Mahmud Abd el-Razik, 1983(?).
Associated Items Two other 3/4 lifesize statuesin SaqqaraMagazine, CatalogueNos.
A36-37; 3 smaller statues,not seenby me.
Bibliography Goedicke, K6nigl. Dokumente, 37-40, fig. 3; Petrie,Akydos 11,Pl.
xvii; Cemy, Notebook 120, No. 9; Strudwick, GM 43 (1981), 69-7 1;
Strudwick, Administration, 105 [76], 218,223,285,324; Sethe,
Urkunden 1,207-8; Moret, Journal Asiatique (1917), 439; Kanawati,
Saqqara 1,8-9 and n. 26; Harpur, Decoration, 198,252,573; James,
Hierogýyphic Texts 1,3 3, Pl. 3 1.
Comments
181
A 39 PlateNo. 25 a, b, c PageRef. 88-89
InventoryNo. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. JE 47775: SR 14774
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Khenu, built against temenoswall of Mereruka
Date Dynasty VI - Teti/Pepi I
StatueHeight 34 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3 Arms A. 7
Accessories Jewellery Stance S.3
Inscription Base inscribed with one vertical line of hieroglyphs of which only the
first few signs are legible:
smr wfiy ýry-ýb [ ... I
Condition Face is a separate piece, arms from same block as torso. The outside
part of the left arm is eaten away.
Colour Black coiffure, outlines of eyes, brows, base; whites of eyes white.
Date of Discovery Firth and Gunn, 1923.
Associated items Two other statues, present whereabouts unknown; obelisk with base
with offering basin: CG 17006
Bibliography Firth and Gunn, Teti Pýyramid Cemeteries 1,42[2]; 11,Pl. 17[F]; PM
111/2,537; Ranke,Personennamen 1,270,4; Martin, Garantsý,
tnbol,
225 [31].
Comments It is possiblethat this manis a sonor grandsonof Mereruka.
182
A 40 Plate No. 25 e Page Ref. 89
Some long cracks down the length of the torso; most of the original
Condition
thick layer of painted plaster is now gone. Left side of basepatchy.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines of eyes,pupils, and base;white skirt,
Steinkerne,whites of eyes,and finger- and toenails; tracesof yellow
on skirt flap; greenand yellow on belt and tab; tracesof red on skin.
Dateof Discovery Purchased13 November, 1947.
Associateditems Brooklyn 53.222; 50.77; 5 1-1; Nelson Atkins 50- 1, Catalogue Nos.
A41-44; false door in private possessionin Egypt.
Bibliography PM 111/2,646-8;Kaplony, Studien zum Grab des Methethi; Id.,
Orientalia37 (1968), 1-62,339-345;Ranke,Personennanzen
1,167,
24; Pritchard,ANEP, fig. 15; Vandier, Manuel V, Pls. V, XIX;
Eaton-Krauss, Representations, 184-5, No. 150; Id., JARCE 13
(1976), 21-4; Harpur, Decoration, 274 (426].
Comments -
Fo
0
44
183
A 41 Plate No. 26 PageRef. 89
(p
fao
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184
A 42 Plate No. 27 Page Rer. 89
Inscription Two vertical lines to the right of the left foot, reading r-1, and one
horizontal reading r-l along the front of the base
(1) un3hw tir ntr U (2) IM11-rst hnt%.-§ pr f3 (3) Mtty
Condition Much of the thick plaster layer has flaked off leaving some parts of
the wood exposed, especially on the arms, nose and left side and leg.
Staff broken in middle and repaired. Nipples missing.
Colour Black wig, base, brows, outlines of eyes and pupils; white skirt,
inscription and whites of eyes; red-brown skin-, collar, sporran and
belt blue, green, white, and yellow; flap of skirt yellow.
Date of Discovery Purchased 1950.
Associated items Brooklyn 5 1.1; 53.222: Nelson Atkins 5 1- 1; Boston MFA 47.1455,
Catalogue Nos. A40-4 1, A43-44; false door in private possession in
Egypt.
Bibliography PM 111/2,646-8; Kaplony, Studien zurn Grab des Methethi. Id.,
Orientalia 37 (1968), 1-62.339-345; Needler, BROMA (1954), 12,
No. 22; Vandier, Manuel 111,90- 1, Pl. XXXV (1); Haywood, The
Ancient World (197 1); Views of the Biblical World. Vol. IV, 69;
White, All Aboui Arcluieology, ill. after p. 72: Legrand, CdE XLVI
(1971), 16; Spanel, Through Ancient Eves, 16, fig. 19; Eaton-Krauss,
Represenlations, 1841-5,No. 150, Harpur, Decoration, 274 [426].
Comments -
4a
b-
185
A 43 PlateNo. 28 PageRef. 89
inventoryNo. The Brooklyn Museum.5 1.1
Description Stridingmale
Provenance Saqqara,tomb of Metjetji
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi I
StatueHeight 61.4 cm BaseH. W. L. 4.9 cm x 12.9 cm x 32 cm
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7
11:
01 00
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187
A 45 PlateNo. 29 a PageRef. 89-90
InventoryNo. Cairo. E-gYptianMuseum. CG 267: SR 15675
DescriptionStridini! male
Provenance Giza tomb G 5560 (= LG 35). Kaiher-Ptah
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi I/ Merenre
Statue Heiaht 94 cm Base H. W. L. -
Wic W. 1 Dress D. 2c Arms A. 3
PO
0
. C=Zlo
188
A 46 PlateNo. 29 c PageRer. 91-92
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 46992; SR 15684
Description Striding nude male
Provenance Sedment 274, tomb of Meryrehashtef
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi I/ Merenre
StatueHeight 66 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. lb Dress D. 4 Arms A. 3
189
A 47 Plate No. 29 d PaueRef. 91-92
Inventory No. London, British Museum, EA 55722
190
A 48 PlateNo. 29 e PageRef. 91-92
Inventory No. Copenhagen,Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, AEIN 1560
Description Striding nude male
Provenance Sedment274, tomb of Meryrehashtef
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi I/ Merenre
StatueHeight 64 cm BaseH. W. L. 6.8 cm x 13.2 cm x 34.6 cm
wig W. lb Dress DA Arms A. 3a
191
A 49 Plate No. 29 b PageRef. 91-92
192
A 50 Plate No. 30 a, b Page Ref. 92-93
193
A 51 PlateNo. 30 c, d PageRer. 93
Inventory No. Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum. RPM 1572
Pl
194
A 52 Plate No. 31 a Page Ref. 93
Comments -
195
A 53 PlateNo. 31 b PageRef. 93
Inventory No. Leipzig, University Museum, 2688
Description Striding male
Provenance Giza, D 211 Hetepi
Date Dynasty VI - Merenre / Pepi 11
StatueHeight - Base H. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2d Arms A. 9
196
A 54 PlateNo. 31 c, d, e PageRer. 93-94
Inventory No. London, British Museum, EA 29594
Description Striding nude male
Provenance Akhmim, perhapstomb M8 Tjeti Kai-hep
Date Dynasty VI. Merenre / Pepi Il
Statue Height 75.6 cm. Base H. W. L. 6.6 cm x 14 cm x 37 cm
Condition Some damageto nose and cracking and twisting along the grain,
especially on the left shin. Some patching evident on the base.
Colour Black wig, nipples; tracesof red on skin, staff and base;tracesof
white in text.
Dateof Discovery Purchasedby Moss in 1898, from De Morgan?
AssociatedItems
Bibliography PM V, 240; De Morgan, Catalogue des Monuments 1,199:
Newberry, JEA 24 (1938), 182-84; Kanawati, A&ninistration, 127
[37b]; Id., El Hawawish 111,7ff, VII, 57, Pl. 17, Brovarski.
Melanges Mokhtar 1,127-153, esp. p. 136, Pl. VI; Ranke.
Personennamen1,395,5; Harpur, Decoration, 281 [667].
Comments -
LI
Cýg
-0
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1ý
197
A 55 Plate No. 32,33 PageRef. 94-95
Lý
A0,40%kow
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0
198
A 56 PlateNo. 34 PageRef. 94-95
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 30797; CG 236; SR I
Description Striding male
Provenance Meir, tomb A 1, Nyankhpepi Kem
Date Dynasty VI - early Pepi II
StatueHeight 68.5 cm BaseH. W. L. 4cmx 14cmx32cm
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 8
199
A 57 PlateNo. 35 PageRef. 95
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 5963 1; SR 1449
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,M XIII, tomb of Meryre-Ima Pepi-Ima
Date Dynasty VI - first half of Pepi 11
Statue Height 86 cm BaseH. W. L. -
Wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 8
200
A 58 PlateNo. 36 PageRef. 95-96
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 154; SR 14894
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 75 [D 10] Djadjaemankh
Date Dynasty VI - early to mid Pepi 11
StatueHeight 160 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms A. 3a
ýo
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C3
201
A 59 PlateNo. 37 PageRef. 96-97
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 88575: SR 554
Description Striding male
Provenance SaqqaraD 6, Ishtji T jetji
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11
StatueHeight 72.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 4a Dress D. 6 Arms A. 3
r/////,
Sj
202
A 60 PlateNo. 38 PageRef. 96-97
InventoryNo. Cairo, Egyptian Museum. JE 88576: SR 555
Description Striding male
Provenance SaqqaraD 6, Ishtji Tjetji
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11
StatueHeight 72 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 5 Dress D. 6 Arms A. 3
Accessories Ac. 3,9 Jewellery Stance S. 3
Inscription Base inscribed with two horizontal lines beside left foot:
'' (2) ýP ýzwtsmr-w1ty Un
(1) ýd3wty-bjjjy
Condition Some cracking of the paint but otherwise in excellent condition. Left
foot is slightly raised from the base.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines of eyes; white skirt, finger and toenails,
inscription; red skin; base is black over red.
Date of Discovery Lauer, 1948.
Associated items Four other male statues JE 88575; 88577-8; 8858 1, Catalogue Nos.
A59, A61-63-, female offering bearer JE 88579.
Bibliography PM 111/2,609- 10; Drioton & Lauer, ASAE 55 (1958), 207-27,25 1;
Strudwick, Administration, 61 n. 3; Harpur. Decoration, 273 [367].
Comments
PC=
203
A 61 Plate No. 39 a, b PageRef. 96-97
204
A 62 PlateNo. 39 C9d PageRef. 96-97
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 88577; SR 1447
Description Standing male
Provenance SaqqaraD 6, Ishtji Tjetji
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11
StatueHeight 52.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. I
205
A 63 Plate No. 40 Page Rer. 96-97
206
A 64 PlateNo. 41 a PageRef. 97
inventory No. Neuchatel, Mus6e d'Ethnographie, Eg. 400
Description Standing male
Provenance Saqqara,N V111,tomb of Raherka lpi
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11
StatueHeight 23.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7a
207
A 65 Plate No. 41 c, d Page Ref. 97
Provenance Saqqara, M 11
208
A 66 PlateNo. 42 a, b PageRef. 97-98
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 52565; SR 144
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,M XI, tomb of Mehi
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11
Statue Height 11.6 cm Base H. W. L. -
Wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7
Inscription
Condition Left eye and hand damaged;front of left foot missing; basemissing.
Colour Black coiffure; tracesof white from undercoat(?) all over statue.
Dateof Discovery Mquier, 1929.
items Male statueJE 52564,CatalogueNo. A67; sarcophagus
Associated and
mummy mask,JE 52538; bone box JE 52571.
Bibliography PM 111/2,682;Jequier,Tombeaux,67-76,Pl. VIII [middle upper].
Comments
209
A 67 Plate No. 42 c, d Page Ref. 97-98
210
A 68 PlateNo. 43 a, b PageRef. 98
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 58375; SR 145
Description Standing nude male
Provenance Saqqara,0 1, tomb of Nykapepi Neni
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi Il
StatueHeight 17.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress DA Arms A. 9a
211
A 69 PlateNo. 41 b PageRef. 98
Inventory No. Neuchatel, Musee d'Ethnographie, Eg. 403
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,N V, tomb of Shenay
Date Dynasty VI - mid Pepi 11
StatueHeight 32 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 5 Dress D. 2e Arms A. 9
212
A 70 Plate No. 46 a, b, c Page Ref. 98-100
Condition Fro nt part of base missing. soine damage to left toes and left ann.
Colour Traces of red all over skin: black wig. brows. outlines of eyes.
nipples. base: white inscription.
Date of Discovery De Morgan. 1894-5.
Associated Items Six inale statues. Cairo CG 503.506,5 13.5 14.5 16.5 17. Catalogue
Nos. A71-76: several other unlocated ones. cf. De Mor-an's list.
Bibliography PM 111/ý.892-3: De Morgan. Fouilles ýi D(dishur 11. I[ 17]. Pl. IV
Comments Due to a inistaken reading of the texts. this nian has been called
Sankhwati in the publications.
7,
H:'-
ills
213
A 71 PlateNo. 43 c, d PageRer. 98-100
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 514; SR 131
Description Striding male
Provenance Dahshur, tomb 24
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11- middle to end of reign
StatueHeight 26 cm BaseH. W. L. 2.2 cm x 5.9 cm x 13.2 cm
wig W. 5 Dress D. 2f Arms A. 6
214
A 72 PlateNo. 44 a, b PageRef. 98-100
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 516; SR 132
Description Standing male
Provenance Dahshur, tomb 24
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11- middle to end of reign
StatueHeight 24.8 cm BaseH. W. L. 2 cm x 5.3 cm x 10.2 cm
wig W. 5 Dress D. 2e Arms A. 6a
215
A 73 PlateNo. 45 a, b PageRef. 98-100
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 513; SR 281
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Dahshur, tomb 24
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11- middle to end of reign
StatueHeight 31.2 cm BaseH. W. L. 12.8 cm x9 cm x 11.2 cm
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms AA
216
A 74 PlateNo. 45 c, d PageRef. 98-100
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 517; SR 282
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Dahshur, tomb 24
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11- middle to end of reign
StatueHeight 27 cm BaseIt. W. L. 11.5 cm x7 cm x 12 cm
wig W. 4c Dress D. 2b Arms A. 4b
217
A 75 PlateNo. 44 a, b PageRef. 98-100
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 503; SR 186
Description Standing male
Provenance Dahshur, tomb 24
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi 11- middle to end of reign
StatueHeight 33 cm BaseH. W. L. 5 cm x 7.2 cm x 17.8 cm
wig W. 4c Dress D. 2b Arms A. 9
Inscription
Condition Some damageto the toes, basecracked.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines of eyes, pupils; white skirt, whites of
eyes; red skin.
Dateof Discovery De Morgan, 1894-5.
Associateditems Six male statues,Cairo CG 505,506,513,514,516,517, Catalogue
Nos. A70-74, A76; several other unlocated ones, cf. De Morgan's
list.
Bibliography PM 111/2,892-3;De Morgan, Fouilles a Dahshur 11,20 [7,8], fig.
49.
Comments Due to a rnistaken reading of the texts, this man has been called
I Sankhwati in the publications.
218
A 76 Plate No. 47 a, b Page Ref. 98-100
Comments Due to a mistaken reading of the texts, this man has been called
Sankhwati in the publications.
219
A 77 Plate No. 48 PageRer. 100-101
Inscription Base inscribed with three vertical lines of hieroglyphs starting beside
left foot:
(1) un3hw ýr tqtr f3 ýr7npw (2) i'rn3Liw tir Wstr nb t3 dsr (3) Liq-tp
nswt any-r ýtwt-wrt Rfltw. f
Condition Some flaking of the tlýck plaster layer. Toes damaged.
Colour Black wig, oudines of eyes, pupils, brows, moustache, nipples,
amulet; white in whites of eyes. skirt; red skin; decoration on skirt
blue, green, red.
Date of Discovery Selim Hassan, 1937-8.
Associated items Female offering bearer with calf and chest. cf. Breasted, Egyptian
Servant Statues, 61[6], ILN June 4,193 8, fig 5, p. 100 1; present
location unknown.
Bibliography PM H1/2,63 3; Strudwick, Administration, 116 [94], 177.179:
Hassan, ASAE 38 (1938), 503-52 1; Baer, Rank and Title, 53 [14];
Harpur, Decoration, 275 [455].
Comments -
clý0 <P
ma,
110
L-rx
0
Z7
220
A 78 PlateNo. 46 d, e PageRef. 101
inventory No. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1914.39
Description Head of male
Provenance Meir, tomb D 2, Pepiankh Heryib
Date Dynasty VI - end Pepi 11
StatueHeight 4.8 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress - Arms
221
A 79 Plate No. 49 Page Rer. 101
ks
222
A 80 Plate No. 50 PageRef. 101
223
A 81 PlateNo. 47 c PageRef. 101-102
Inventory No. Neuchatel, Musee d'Ethnographie, Eg. 401
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,N IV, tomb of Biu and Pepi burial chamber of Biu
,
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi IT or later
StatueHeight 18.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms A. 9
224
A 82 PlateNo. 47 d PageRef. 101-102
Inventory No. Neuchatel, Musee d'Ethnographie, Eg. 402
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,N IV, tomb of Biu and Pepi burial chamber of Pepi
,
Date Dynasty VI - Pepi Il or later
StatueHeight 11 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 5 Dress D. 2a Arms A. 11
225
A 83 PlateNo. 51 a PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. Unknown
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty V1 - last years of Pepi H at the earliest
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L.
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7
Accessories - Jewellery Stance S. 1
Inscription -
Condition -
Colour -
Dateof Discovery Firth, 1921-22.
Associateditems False door, lintel, offering table, stone statueMFA 24.605; 18 male
statues:MFA 24.607-8, MMA 26.2.8-9, JE 93161-3,49371,64905,
NeuchAtel Eg. 328-9, MM 11411-3, three others and one female
statueunlocated, CatalogueNos. A84-102; six servant statues.
Bibliography Gunn, MSS XIV. 42 [2], left; Peterson,MedelhavsinuseetBulletin 20
(1985), 3-24.
Comments -
26
A 84 PlateNo. 51 b PageRer. 102-107
inventory No. Unknown
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight - Base H. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7b
227
A 85 PlateNo. 52 PageRet. 102-107
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 24.606
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara.tomb 6001. Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 40 cm BaseH. W. L. 3 cm x 9.5 cm x 24.5 cm
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 8a
Accessories Jewellery Stance SA
Inscription One vertical line of carved hieroglyphs leading from in front of the
right foot towards the front of the base.
iýýy-r Inwly TM
Condition Badly wom and cracked in the length. Only tracesof the original
painted layer remain; missing left arm. Base badly warped.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines of eyes, pupils; white whites of eyes,
toenails; red skin. Base is black over a red layer over a white layer.
Dateof Discovery Firth, 1921-2.
Associateditems False door, lintel, offering table, stone statueMFA 24.605; 18 male
statues:MFA 24.607-8, MMA 26.2.8-9, JE 93161-3,49371,64905,
Neuchatel Eg. 328-9, MM 11411-3, four others and one female
unlocated, Catalogue Nog. A83-4, A86-102; six servant statues.
Bibliography PM 111/2,566;Peterson,MedelhavsinuseetBulletin (1985), 3-224;
4.0
Strudwick,Administration,160[159], 253,260; Ranke.
Personennamen1,395,16; 1/2,253,30; Gunn, MSS XIV, 41 [9],
41A; Smith, HESPOK, 88; Harpur, Decoration, 277 [55 1
Comments -
zi il
C=
228
A 86 PlateNo. 51 d, c PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 4937 1; SR 14709
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
Statue Height 45 cm Base11. W. L. -
Wig W. 3a Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7b
229
A 87 Plate No. 51 c, 53 Page Rer. 102-107
r:_ ,
0
PO ol
-7,77
r-3
230
A 88 PlateNo. 54 a, b PageRef. 102-107
231
A 89 PlateNo. 54 c, d, e PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. New York, MetropolitanMuseumof Art. MMA 26.2.9
Description Striding male
4-
4m
232
A 90 PlateNo. 55 PageRer. 102-107
Inventory No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 9316 1, SR 18267
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi Il at the earliest
Statue Height 39.5 cm Base H. W. L. 2.5 cm x 9.7 cm x 24 cm
4ýý
233
A 91 PlateNo. 56 PageRer. 102-107
234
A 9" Plate No. 57 a. b Page Rer. 102-107
ý9
=67
1 da
235
A 93 Plate No. 57 C, d PageRef. 102-107
,%X--
C=
926
236
A 94 PlateNo. 58 a, b PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 24.607
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi R at the earliest
Statue Height 52 cm Base H. W. L. 4.5 cm x 12.2 cm x 28.2 cm
46ý-
9 E-3
C=3
237
A 95 PlateNo. 58 c, d PageRer. 102-107
r, -
eb
Ic
(1
238
A 96 PlateNo. 51 f PageRer. 102-107
Inventory No. Unknown
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001,Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 5 Dress D. 2a Arms A. 9
Accessories - Jewellery - Stance S.3
Inscription -
Condition -
Colour -
Dateof Discovery Firth, 1921-22.
Associateditems False door, lintel, offering table, stone statue MFA 24.605; 18 male
statues:MFA 24.606-8, MMA 26.2.8-9, JE 93161,93163,49371,
64905, Neuchatel Eg. 328-9, MM 11411-3, three others and a female
unlocated, CatalogueNos. A83-95, A97-102; six servant statues.
Bibliography Gunn MSS XIV. 43 [2]; Peterson, MedellumstnuseetBulletin 20
(1985), 3-24.
Comments -
239
A 97 Plate No. 59 a Page Ref. 102-107
240
A 98 PlateNo. 59 b PageRef. 102-107
Zý
44,
ich
241
A 99 PlateNo. 59 C PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet, MM 11411
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 42.4 cm. BaseH. W. L. 2.6 cm x8 cm x. cm
614.3
wig W. I Dress D. 2c Arms A. 9
Ox
C=
242
A 100 PlateNo. 59 d PageRef. 102-107
Inventory No. Unknown
Description Striding male
Provenance Saqqara,'tomb 6001,Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2c Arms A. 9
243
A 101 PlateNo. 60 a, b PageRer. 102-107
Inventory No. Neuch5tel, Mus6e d'Ethnographie. Eg. 329
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeted
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 31 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig WAb Dress D. 6 Arms A. 4c
Accessories Ac. 8 Jewellery Stance S.5
inscription One vertical line of carved hieroglyphs alongside right foot:
Condition Good.
Colour -
Date of Discovery Firth, 1921-22.
Associated items False door, lintel, offering table, stone statue MFA 24.605; 18 male
statues: MFA 24.606-8, MMA 26. '21.8-9,JE 93161-3,49371,64905,
Neuch5tel Eg. 328, MM 1141-3, four male and one female
unlocated, Catalogue Nos. A83-100, A102; six servant statues.
Bibliography PM 111/2,566; Peterson, Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin 20 (1985), 3-24:
Strudwick, Administration, 160 [159], 253,260; Ranke,
Personennamen 1,395,16; 1/2,253,30; Smith, HESPOK, 88:
Harpur, Decoration, 277 [5 51
Comments -
244
A 102 PlateNo. 60 d PageRer. 102-107
Inventory No. Unknown
Description Standing female
Provenance Saqqara,tomb 6001, Tjeteti
Date Dynasty VI - last years of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wf. 2a Dress Df. 2 Arms Af. 3
Accessories - Jewellery - Stance Sf.2
Inscription Only faint tracesof an illegible inscription visible on the basein the
photograph.
Condition Appears good.
Colour White traceson base.
Dateof Discovery Firth, 1921-22.
AssociatedItems False door, lintel, offering table, stone statue MFA 24.605; 18 male
statues:MFA 24.606-8, MMA 26.2.8-9, JE 93161-3,49371,64905,
NeuchAtel Eg. 328, Eg. 329, MM 1141-3, four unlocated male
statues,Catalogue Nos. A83-101; six servant statues.
Bibliography Gunn MSS XIV. 42 [1], second from right; Peterson,
MedelhavsniuseetBulletin 20 (1985), 3-24.
Comments -
245
A 103 Plate No. 60 c Page Ref. 107-108
246
A 104 Plate No. 61 a Page Rer. 108
247
A 105 PlateNo. 61 b PageRef. 108
248
A 106 PlateNo. 62 PageRer. 108-109
Inscription -
Condition The thick layer of plaster is badly cracked and much detail has been
lost. The statue is covered in a layer of beeswax.
Colour White skirt, fingernails, Steink-enze;black wig, nipples; belt, collar
and amulet are white, blue-green and yellow. The statue was plastered
white, then covered in a red wash with the other colours applied to the
red.
Date of Discovery Reisner, 1901-3.
Associated Items Limestone scribe statue in Berkeley, PHMA 6-19756
Bibliography Smith, HESPOK, 88-9.
Comments
249
A 107 Plate No. 61 c Page Ref. 109
Inscription -
Condition Very worn head, everything else gone. Nose broken off.
Comments
250
A 108 PlateNo. 61 d, e PageRef. 109-113
Inventory No. Berkeley, PhoebeHearst Museum of Anthropology, PHMA 6-15203
Description Striding male
Provenance Naga ed-DEr tomb N 43-5 Tjetji
Date End of Old Kingdom
Statue Height approx. 43 cm BaseH. W. L. -
Wig W. 5 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 8a
Reisner,1901-3.
Date of Discovery
Items 16otherstatuesin Berkeley,8 malesand 8 females,6-15201,
Associated
6-15204-18,CatalogueNos. A 109-124.
Bibliography Reisner,ASAE5 (1905), 105-9,Pl. V; Smith, HESPOK, 94-5.
Comments -
251
109 PlateNo. 63 a, b PageRer. 109-113
Inventory No Berkeley,PhoebeHearstMuseumof Anthropology, PHMA 6-15207
Description Stridingmale
Provenance Nagaed-D& tomb N 43-9 Tjetji
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Statue Height 43.5 cm BaseIt. W. L. 4.2 cm x 10.6 cm x 25 cm
Wig W. 5 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 8a
252
A 110 PlateNo. 63 c, d PageRef. 109-113
253
A 111 PlateNo. 64 a, b PageRef. 109-113
254
A 112 PlateNo. 64 c, d PageRef. 109-113
255
A 113 PlateNo. 65 a, b PageRef. 109-113
.:
256
A 114 PlateNo. 65 c, d PageRer. 109-113
inventory No. Berkeley, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, PHMA 6-152 12.
Description Striding male
Provenance Naga ed-Der tomb N 43-14 Tjetji
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 35.2 cm Base11. W. L. 3.7 cm x9 cm x 19.5 cin
Wig W. 5 Dress D. 6 Arms A. 9
257
A 115 PlateNo. 66 a, b PageRef. 109-113
258
116 PlateNo. 66 a, b PageRer. 109-113
Inventory No. Berkeley, PhoebeHearst Museum of Anthropology, PHMA 6-15211
Description Striding male
Provenance Naga ed-D& tomb N 43-13 Tjetji
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Statue Height 47.6 cm BaseH. W. L. 5 cm xII cm x 24 cm
Wig W. 5 Dress D. 6 Arms A. 12
259
A 117 PlateNo. 67 a, b PageRef. 109-113
260
A 118 PlateNo. 67 c, d PageRer. 109-113
261
A 119 PlateNo. 68 a, b PageRer. 109-113
262
A 120 PlateNo. 68 c, d PageRef. 109-113
263
A 121 Plate No. 69 a Page Ref. 109-113
264
A 122 PlateNo. 69 c, d PageRef. 109-113
265
A 123 PlateNo. 70 a, b PageRer. 109-113
266
A 124 PlateNo. 70 c, d PageRer. 109-113
inventory No. Berkeley, PhoebeHearst Museum of Anthropology, PHMA 6-15217
Description Standing nude female
Provenance Naga ed-D8r tomb N 43-19 Tjetji
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 28.6 cm Base11. W. L. 3.2 cm x 7.4 cm x 12.1 cm
267
A 125 PlateNo. 69 b PageRef. 113
inventory No. Unknown, Berkeley ?
Description Standing nude female
Provenance Naga ed-Der tomb N 241 Shepset
Date End of Old Kingdom
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L. -
wig WfA Dress Df. 3 Arms AQ
'4
ý-o
aqKc.ýa
268
A 126 PlateNo. 71 a PageRef. 113
inventory No. Berkeley, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, PHMA 6-12840
Description Head of male
Provenance Naga ed-Der 248 (Cemetery 100) Inet-kemet, wife of the nomarch
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 14.2 Base11. W. L. -
wig W. 8 Dress - Arms
Accessories - jewellery - Stance
Inscription -
Condition Only the right side of the head and wig is extant.
Colour Traces of red around the edgesof the wig.
Dateof Discovery Reisner, 1901.
Associateditems Nude female in Berkeley? Catalogue No. 127.
Bibliography
LA IV, 306 ff, Smith, HESPOK, 90,222; Peck, Decorwed Tombs,
40-91; Strudwick, Adminismition, 220; Harpur, Decor(ition, 281
[670]; Kanawati, Administration, 63.
Comments The head is presumably the head of Tjemerery even though N 248 is
the tomb of his wife Int-Krnt. His own tomb is N 71.
269
A 127 PlateNo. 71 b PageRef. 113
inventory No. Unknown, Berkeley ?
Description Striding nude female
Provenance Naga ed-Der 248 (Cemetery 100) Inet-kemet, wife of the nomarch
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight - Base11. W. L. -
wig Wf. 3b Dress Df. 5 Arms Af. 2
Accessories - jewellery - Stance Sf. 3a
Inscription -
Condition Missing left arm; badly cracked through left side of face, and through
left shin. Left hip is also in poor condition.
Colour -
Dateof Discovery Reisner, 1901.
AssociatedItems Male head Berkeley 6-12840, Catalogue No. A 126.
Bibliography LA IV, 306 ff, Smith, HESPOK, 90,222; Peck, Decorated Tombs,
40-91; Strudwick, Administration, 220; Harpur, Decoration, 281
[670]; Kanawati, Administration, 63.
Comments I owe my knowledge of this statue to a personalcommunication with
Dr. E. Brovaski.
270
CATALOGUE B
271
B1 Plate No. 71 c, d, e Page Ref. 114
Provenance Unknown
Inscription -
Condition Missing base, feet and most of right ankle; tip of nose broken off.
Painted plaster layer is chipped and flaking all over statue, the back is
in a worse state than the front.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines to eyes; cream coloured skin; white dress;
jewellery black, white, green, red, and blue.
Date of Discovery -
Associated Items -
Bibliography Borchardt, Statuen 1,103, Pl. 31; Staehlin, Tracht, 124, fig. 57;
Shoukry, SASAE 15,86 n. 2,90 n. 1,92 n. 3,100 n. 6,104 n. 3, n. 8,
n. 9, n. 10.
Comments Closest are:
comparisons Catalogue
Nos. A7 andA22.
272
B2 PlateNo. 72 a, b PageRer. 114
Description Seatedmale
273
Plate No. 73 a Page Ref. 115
B3
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 13.3462
Date Unas
274
B4 Plate No. 73 b Page Ref. 115
-
Inventory No. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 13.3463
Date Unas
275
B5 PlateNo. 73 c- PageRef. 115
276
Plate No. 89 c, d Page Ref. 115
B6
Provenance Akhmim
Date Unas
38 cm Base H. W. L. 4 cm x7 cm x 9.5 cm
Statue Height
Inscription
-
Badly cracked and fissured, missing right arm and penis. Eyes badly
Condition
defaced,feet on base in bad condition.
Colour Black traceson wig, tracesof white paint or plaster around the genital
region, base has traces of red over white plaster.
Dateof Discovery 1890
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography PM V, 25; Borchardt, Statuen 1,153, Pl. 48; Kanawati, El Hau-mvish
VII, 57, Pl. 20a.
Comments Closest comparisons are: Catalogue Nos. A 13; A46; A47; A48.
277
B7 PlateNo. 72 c, d PageRef. 115
Provenance Saqqara
Date Unas
Inscription -
Condition Large crack down the centre of the chest to the lower edge of the
skirt. Right hand damaged,left thumb broken at tip. Cracked across
top of wig from left to right.
Date of Discovery -
Associated Items -
Bibliography PM 111/2,724; Shoukry, SASAE 15,60 n. 3,90 n. 1,92 n. 3,100 n.
5,104 n. 3, n. 5, n. 7, n. 10,105 n. 3.
Comments Closest comparisons are: Catalogue Nos. A 18; A40; A41; A97; A98.
278
B8 PlateNo. 74 a, b PageRer. 115-116
Inventory No. Berlin (East), Das Agyptische Museum. Inv. Nr. 10858
Inscription Base inscribed with four columns of hieroglyphs, reading I-r, illegible
in the published photographs but given in Aeg. Inschr. 1,70:
(1) hnni-I pr-3 [r t] (2) rh nsw n pr-113 (3) I'MAw hr ntr (4)
V. .. %0
Pr-ýr-nfn
Condition Missing left foot and toes of right foot. Cracks and surface damage
all over.
Colour Traces of black on wig and red on skin.
Date of Discovery 1889 or 1891.
Associated Items -
Bibliography Berlin, Ausfuhr. verz. 67 fig. 9; Aeg. Inschr. 1,70; Priese, Das
AgyptischeMuseumWegleitung,Nr. 16,Pl. 4; Id., DasAgyptisches
MuseumBerlin, 30, No. 18;Fechheimer,Phistik-,Pls 36-38(restored
left foot?); Smith,HESPOK, 60-61.
Comments Closestcomparisonis CatalogueNo. A 18.
Z>
279
B9 PlateNo. 74 c PageRef. 116
Provenance Saqqara
Date Unas
StatueHeight 36 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wf. I Dress Df. 3 Arms Af. 3
280
B 10 PlateNo. 74 d, e, f PageRef. 116
281
11 Plate No. 75 aq b PageRef. 117
Provenance Unknown
Date Unas
282
B 12 PlateNo. 75 c, d PageRer. 117-118
Provenance Assiut?
Date Teti
StatueHeight 106 cm BaseH. W. L. 7.3 cm x 19.4 cm x 55 cm
wig W. la Dress DA Arms A. I
Inscription -
Condition Very good, cracked on left side of face, some cracks in plaster on
legs.
Colour Dark red skin; black outlines of eyes and lips, pupils, brows; white
whites of eyes, Steinkente, thumbnails and toenails.
Date of Discovery Purchased in Cairo in 1922 from Kyticas.
Associated Items
Comments Closest comparisonsare: Catalogue Nos. A 13; A36; A46; A47; A48.
283
B 13 PlateNo. 76 a, b PageRef. 118
284
B 14 Plate No. 77 PageRef. 118
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepil
285
B 15 PlateNo. 76 c PageRef. 118-119
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi I
StatueHeight - BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2a Arms A. 1
Bibliography
286
B 16 PlateNo. 78 a, b PageRef. 119
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi I
StatueHeight 74 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 2f Arms A. 3e
287
B 17 PlateNo. 79 PageRef. 119
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi I
288
B 18 PlateNo. 78 c, d PageRef. 119
inventory No. Providence, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, 25.031
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi I- Merenre
StatueHeight 49 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. Ib Dress Arms
Accessories AcA Jewellery Stance
Inscription -
Condition Only head and shoulders extant. Face very cracked and damaged-
some ancient patching may have fallen away. Badly cracked up back
and through right side of back of head. Crack continues down left
side of face.
Colour Black traceson wig, remains of dark plaster on face, black tracesin
outside comers of eyes.
Dateof Discovery Purchased 1925 from Simkovitch NYC by Mrs Gustav Radeke.
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography -
Comments Closest comparison is CatalogueNo. A46.
289
B 19 PlateNo. 80 a, b PageRef. 119-120
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi I- Merenre
290
B 20 Plate No. 80 c, d Page Ref. 120
Provenance Unknown
Bibliography
291
B 21 Plate No. 81 a, b, c PageRef. 120
Provenance Lisht?
Bibliography
292
B 22 PlateNo. 82 PageRef. 120
ý
ci
L9
0 äa
m
44-
193
B 23 Plate No. 81 d Page Ref. 120-121
294
B 24 PlateNo. 81 e, f PageRef. 121
Provenance Akhmim
Date Early Pepi Il
295
B 25 Plate No. 83 a, b Page Rer. 121
Provenance Unknown
Comments Closest
comParisonis CatalogueNo. A55.
296
B 26 PlateNo. 83 c, d PageRef. 121
Provenance Unknown
Date First half of the reign of Pepi 11
Bibliography
297
B 27 PlateNo. 84 PageRer. 121-1222
Provenance Antin6e
Date PepilI
694
298
B 28 PlateNo. 85 a, b PageRef. 122
Inventory No. Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, Inv. No. 1.1986
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepill
Bibliography
299
B 29 PlateNo. 85 c, d PageRef. 122
StatueHeight 88 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms A. 3a
300
B 30 PlateNo. 86 a, b PageRef. 122
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepill
StatueHeight 34 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms A. 13
301
B 31 PlateNo. 86 c, d PageRef. 123
Inventory No. ' Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Inv. Nr. 1244
302
B 32 PlateNo. 87 PageRef. 123
Date Pepi H
Iq
r0
303
B 33 PlateNo. 88 PageRef. 123-124
Inscription One horizontal line of carved hieroglyphs reading right to left and
'upsidedown'on the front of the base: h3tj--"sd3wi)--bAty sinr wIty Ttl
'*-'7
Condition Area around eyes very damaged, cracked on crown of head, missing
4D
staff and sceptre, some chipping on shins, base cracked in length.
Colour
Date of Discovery 1890,purchasedby Louvre in 1918.
Associated Items -
Bibliography Vandier,Manuel111,90;Newberry,LiverpoolAnnals IV, 101-20
(Tombs26 + 2); Kanawati,El Hawaivish1,12 ff-,cf. Vallogia, CdE
LIX, 93-96(review of Kanawati).
=
ým1 ý q4me
-c6,
4a 14
304
B 34 Plate No. 89 a, b Page Ref. 124
Provenance Akhmirn
Date Pepi 11
Inscription
Condition Missing armsand most of the paint andplaster.Badinsectdamageto
the front of the base.Otherwisein goodcondition.
Colour Black wig, pubic area,brows andeyes,base.White whitesof eyes
andsmall tracesof plasterunderthe paint on the base.
Date of Discovery 1890
Associated Items
305
B 35 PlateNo. 90 a, b PageRef. 124
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepill
StatueHeight 27 cm BaseH. W. L.
wig W. 7 Dress D. 6 Arms -
Accessories - Jewellery - stance SA
Inscription -
Condition Very poor, especially on front surface. Most of the facial details gone.
Missing arms, feet and base.
Colour Traces of shiny pinkish paint all over, modem?
Dateof Discovery Gift in 1930's.
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography
Comments Closest
comparisonis No.
Catalogue A63.
306
B 36 Plate No. 90 c, d Page Rer. 124-125
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi 11
Bibliography
307
B 37 PlateNo. 89 e PageRer. 125
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepill
Bibliography Fabretti, Rossi, Lanzone, Regio Museo di Torino 427 No. 3104;
Donadoni Roved, Le A ni della Celebrazione, 128 fig. 20 1.
308
B 38 PlateNo. 91 a PageRer. 125
Provenance Giza
Date Pepill
StatueHeight 36 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7d
309
B 39 PlateNo. 91 b PageRer. 125
StatueHeight 22 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3 Dress D. 3a Arms A. 7b
Inscription Two horizontal lines of Weroglyphs, reading r-l. and black on white
background
(1) hn3hwhr (2) 'Inpw Gm-n(J)-wsr
Condition Crackeddown both sidesof headandright sideof torso,missing
most of right arm.
Colour Almost all gone- tracesof red on skin, white on skirt, black on hair
andeyes;base:red sides,black top. white inscription.
Dateof Discovery Lepsius,1843.
Associateditems Berlin Museum:coffin planks: 13101-4;headrest:1307;granary:
1364-5.
Bibliography Lepsius,Denkmaler,Text1,158-9;PM 11112,517, Willems, Chests
of Life, ref. on p. 30 [Sq3Bel.
Comments Closestcomparisonsare:CatalogueNos. A64, A65: A86.
0?
310
B 40 PlateNo. 91 C PageRer. 125-126
Bibliography Curto, L'Antico Egitto, 65, n. 202; Roccati, Museo Egi-do, 18 [5-6],
PI. 29; Donadoni Roveri, Le A rti della CelebraZione,128 fig. 202.
311
B 41 PlateNo. 92 a, b, c PageRef. 126
312
B 42 PlateNo. 93 c PageRer. 126
Provenance Unknown
Date PepilI
Bibliography
Comments Closest
parallelsare: Nos.
Catalogue A70-72.
313
B 43 PlateNo. 93 a, b PageRef. 126-127
Provenance Luxor
Date Pepi 11.
Bibliography
314
B 44 PlateNo. 92 d PageRef. 127
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Unknown. tomb of Hebet
Date Pepi Il - middle or end of reign
StatueHeight 29 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 1 Dress D.2e Arms A-4d
Comments Closest is
comparison Catalogue
No. A73.
315
B 45 PlateNo. 92 e, f PageRef. 127
Description Seatedmale
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepi 11
Bibliography
316
B 46 PlateNo. 94 a, b PageRer. 127
Provenance Unknown
Date Pepill
Comments Closest is
comparison Catalogue
No. A75.
a
317
B 47 Plate No. 94 c, d Paee Ref. 127-128
Bibliography
318
B 48 PlateNo. 95 a, b PageRef. 128
StatueHeight 48 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. I Dress D. 6 Arms A-la
Bibliography
319
B 49 PlateNo. 95 C9d PageRef. 128
Comments Closest
comparisonsare: Catalogue
Nos. A81 and A 115.
320
B 50 PlateNo. - PageRef. 128
321
B 51 PlateNo. 96 a, b PageRef. 128
322
B 52 PlateNo. 96 c, d PageRef. 129
323
B 53 Plate No. 97 a, b, c Page Ref. 129
Provenance Lisht?
Bibliography
Comments Closest
compansons
are: Catalogue
Nos. A64; A65; A86.
324
B 54 PlateNo. 98 a, b PageRef. 129-130
Bibliography
Comments Closestcomparison
are:CatalogueNos. A88; A89; A93; A94;
A 108;A 109.
325
B 55 PlateNo. 98 c, d PageRer. 130
Provenance Luxor?
Date Last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 42.3 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 5 Dress D. 3a Arms AX
326
B 56 PlateNo. 99 a, b PageRef. 130
Provenance Deshahshah
Date Last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 52.5 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 1a Dress D. 3 Arms -
Accessories - jewellery - Stance SA
Inscription -
Condition Missing arms and left foot. Base gone. Badly cracked from the neck
through to the middle of the skirt hem. Facial features virtually gone.
Colour Traces of white covered by black on wig, white covered by pinky
colour on back, skirt and legs. Skirt then covered again by white. No
colour traceson front of statue.
Dateof Discovery Petrie, 1897.
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography Petrie, Deshasheh, 3 1.
Comments Closest comparisons are: Catalogue Nos. A36, A90 and A9 1.
327
B 57 PlateNo. 99 c, d PageRef. 130-131
328
B 58 Plate No. 100 Page Ref. 131-132
Condition Badly cracked and fissured along the grain, especially on the right leg
and around the shoulders. The base appears to be of a softer wood
and is in poor condition.
Colour Black wig, white skirt, red skin.
Date of Discovery Firth, 1925.
Associated items Part of a cache of 12 statues belonging to this man. Four others have
been located: Neuch5tel Eg. 424; MMA 27.9.3; 27.9.4; 27.9.5.
(Catalogue Nos. B59-62).
'Firth, ASAE 26 (1926), 97-101; PM 111/2,651; Gunn. MSS XXIL
Bibliography
18, text; XXII, 36 [left]; XXII, 93 [left].
Comments Closest comparison is Catalogue No. A92.
329
B 59 PlateNo. 97 d PageRef. 131-132
330
B 60 PlateNo. 97 e, f PageRef. 131-132
331
B 61 PlateNo. 101a, b, c PageRef. 131-132
StatueHeight 91 cm BaseH. W. L.
wig W. 8 Dress D. 2c Arms A. 3b
332
B 62 PlateNo. 101 d, e PageRef. 131-1321
333
B 63 PlateNo. 102 a, b PageRef. 132
Provenance Unknown
Date Last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest
StatueHeight 51.5 cm BaseH. IV. L.
wig W. 8 Dress D. 2a Arms A. la
334
B 64 PlateNo. 103 a, b PageRef. 132-133
Inventory No. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, Inv. No. 30104
Description Striding male
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Statue Height 49 cm BaseIt. W. L. -
Wig W. la Dress D. 2f Arms A. 9a
Bibliography
335
B 65 PlateNo. 102 c, d PageRef. 133
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
336
B 66 Plate No. 103 c, d Page Rer. 133
Comments This man probably also owned a tomb at Saqqara. Closest parallels
are: Catalogue Nos. A81 and A 115.
W4olllaiq
left
337
B 67 PlateNo. 104 a, b PageRef. 133-134
338
B 68 PlateNo. 104 c, d PageRef. 134
339
B 69 Plate No. 105 a, b Page Rer. 134
Inventory No. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA 58.1 25.3
Provenance Unknown
340
B 70 Plate No. 106 a, b PageRef. 134
Provenance Akhmim
341
B 71 PlateNo. 106 e, f PageRef. 134
inventory No. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, YAG 1956.33.48
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 39 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wfi4b Dress Df. 3 Arms Af. 3
342
B 72 PlateNo. 106 c, d PageRef. 135
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Comments Closest
compansons
are: CatalogueNos. A 119,A 120,A 122,A 125.
343
B 73 PlateNo. 105 c, d PageRef. 135
Inventory No. Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Inv. No. 33.1400
Description Standing nude female
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Bibliography
344
B 74 PlateNo. 107 PageRef. 135
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Comments Closest
parallelis Catalogue
No. A 126.
345
B 75 PlateNo. 108 a PageRef. 135
Provenance Giza
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 64 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 8 Dress D. 2a Arms A. I
346
CATALOGUE C
347
CI Plate No. 108 b Page Ref. 136
Date Dynasty V
Inscription Base inscribed with one vertical line extant, and traces of another
s3b cd-mr, wr [ind §mrivl, ýtry s§6, [AVn1 k(n)nzwt, [wd]-indiv n
ýztyw-wdb*t 3-sn (after Martin)
Condition Upper part of statue consisting of head, shoulders and arms
completely destroyed by white ants and weather. Some damage to the
base by white ants.
C=
ELI
9.
C= 44
348
C2 PlateNo. 109 a, b, c PageRef. 136-137
349
C3 PlateNo. 109 d, e PageRef. 137
Provenance Unknown
350
C4 PlateNo. 108 c, d PageRef. 137-138
351
C5 PlateNo. 110a, b PageRef. 138
Provenance Akhmim
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 53.4 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wf. 2b Dress Df. 3 Arms Af. 2
352
C6 PlateNo. 110c, d PageRef. 138
Provenance Akhmim
Date End of the Old Kingdom
StatueHeight 35 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig Wf. 6 Dress Df. 3 A rms ALI
353
C7 PlateNo. 110e Page Ret. 138
Provenance Unknown
Date End of the Old Kingdom
Statue Height 50 cm Base H. W. L. -
Wig Wf2a Dress Df. 3 Arms Af. I
Inscription
Condition Missing armsand legsbelow knees.No traceof the paintedsurface
remains.Cracksand fissuresall over.
Colour
Date of Discovery
Associated Items
Bibliography
354
C8 PlateNo. 112 a, b PageRef. 138
Bibliography
Comments
355
C9 PlateNo. 111a Page Ref. 139-140
Date -
Statue Height 78 cm Base H. W. L.
Inscription -
Condition Covered in layer of wax either modem or ancient. Left arm now
missing, both legs below the knees missing. No paint traces
discernible.
Colour No traces. The piece is very dark in shade but whether this is wax,
colour or wood is not possible to say.
Date of Discovery Reisner/Hearst/University of California expedition, 1903-5.
Associated Items -
Bibliography PM, 111/2,56; Schafer & Andrae, Kunst, 232,1;
Elsasser/Fredrickson, Ancient Egypt, 66, Pl. 2; Lutz, Sultues, 16, No.
24b; Fazzini, Imagesfor Eternhýl, 36, No. 26.
Comments -
356
C 10 PlateNo. 111b PageRef. 139-140
Provenance Giza
Date -
StatueHeight 37 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3b Dress D. 4b Arms A. 17
Inscription -
Condition Generally good but many cracks all over piece. Missing right foot
and shin and base. Right foot is slightly forward. Only the peg hole
of a sidelock on the right side of the head remains.
Colour Black wig, brows, outlines of eyes, pupils; white whites; red-brown
skin.
Dateof Discovery -
AssociatedItems -
Bibliography PM/111,304.
Comments
357
C 11 PlateNo. 111c, d PageRef. 139-140
Provenance Unknown
Date -
StatueHeight 40 cm BaseH. W. L. -
wig W. 3b Dress D. 4b Arms A. 15
Comments
358
C 12 Plate No. 111 e Page Ref. 139-140
Provenance Unknown
Date -
Statue Height 50? cm Base H. W. L.
Bibliography
Comments
359
C 13 Plate No. 112 c Page Ref. 140
Inventory No. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, YAG 1957.7.18
Provenance Unknown
Bibliography
360
C 14 Plate No. 112 d, e Page Ref. 140
Date Dynasty VI ?
361
C 15 Plate No. 112 f Page ReL 140
Provenance Luxor
Date VI?
Comments -
362
CHAPTER 7.
Conclusions
The fulcrum of the typological study of wooden statues from the Old Kingdom is
Catalogue A. Here, statueswhich have external dating material have been gathered
togetherinto a singlegroupfor the first time. Tomb groupshavebeenreunited,published
andunpublished materialhasbeen re-examined and bibliographies
reassessed, havebeen
listed, photographshavebeensupplied,and,last but not least,a chronologicalfeaturelist
hasbeencompiled.
The featurelist consistsof six sections,threeof which haverevealedthemselvesto
be chronologicallysignificantwhen takenin conjunctionwith eachother (Wigs, Dress,
Arms), either all three,or combinationsof any two. The other three sections,(Stance,
Accessories,Jewellery),aremuch moreproneto subjectivity (Stance),or the accidentof
preservation(Jewellerywas often indicatedon a paintedor plasteredsurface which has
not survived, and Accessorieswereparticularly vulnerableas they were often separate
piecesof wood),and have thereforenot beenusedas datingcriteria.
CatalogueB is a group of statueswhich hasbeenarrangedchronologicallyon the
basisof the correspondance of their featureswith thosefrom the statuesin CatalogueA.
Previous to this study, none of these statueshad been datable as none of them is
associatedwith materialwhich has been studied by others,for example,pottery, or has
an archaeologicalcontextwhich canbe dated.Each statue was studiedindividually and its
featureswerelisted.The threechronologicallysignificantfeatureswere thencomparedto
the list given in Appendix 3, and a date assignedto them on the basis of the earliest
occurrence of the particular combination of features relevant to each statue. As an
example of this, let us take statue No. B 10, a pair statue which has beenin the Louvre
since 1826.The male in the pair hasfeaturesW. 4a, D.2a, and A. 2b, a combinationwhich
hasparallelsfrom the reign of Unas up to the reign of Pepi 11.The female hasfeatures
Wf. 1, Df. 2, and Af-4, a combinationof featureswhich doesnot appearafter the reign of
Unas.The pair is thereforeto be datedto the reign of Unas.CatalogueNo. B 18 is only
the headandshouldersof a statue,but it too canbe datedon comparisonwith the features
from CatalogueA. It is wearing wig W. 1b. The earliest occurrenceof this wig is on
CatalogueNo. A46 and datesto the period from the reign of Pepi I into the reign of
363
Merenre. Finally, let us take Catalogue No. B26. This is a striding male in the
Rijksmuseumvan Oudhedenin Leiden. Its featuresare W. 3, D.3a and A. 8, which are
matched by two statues in Catalogue A, Nos. A56 and A57. These statuesdate to the
first half of the reign of Pepi 11,andthereforethat is the dateassignedto CatalogueNo.
B26. The majority of the statuesin CatalogueB areunpublished,andthe discussions,the
photographs,andthe bibliographiespresentedhere are the resultsof a re-examinationof
each individual statue.
Inevitablytherearestatueswhich havefeatureswhich do not haveparallelswith the
statuesfrom Catalogue A. In someinstancesthese can
statues be paralleledwith features
from statuesin CatalogueB. The datesthen assignedmust be consideredtentative,as
they are two stepsremoved from the basic criteria. A very few statues,five or six at
most, have no parallels with either Catalogue A or Catalogue B but are nevertheless
includedhere.The statuesfrom CataloguesA, B andC togethermakeup ascompletea
corpus of Old Kingdom wooden statues as it was possible to compile. It was not
possible to include material from recentexcavationsas yet for
unpublished, example,
from the Czechexcavationsat Abusir.
The materialin this study is only a part of the materialgatheredby me in the courseof
the years.The studyof First IntermediatePeriodandMiddle Kingdom statues,aswell as
female offering bearers,has had to be postponedtill a later date,but the conclusions
drawn here may afford a useful starting-pointfor their analysis.Initial researchalready
shows some marked differences in the way in which the statues were viewed, for
example, the texts on Middle Kingdom statues often include the offering formula,
indicatinga changein the functionof the statues.Thefemaleoffering bearerappearsto be
a useful sourceof bridging material between the early First IntermediatePeriodand the
Middle Kingdom. It is clear that the function of tomb statuesunderwenta fundamental
change between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom, but the evolution of the
associatedfemaleoffering bearersis traceable,andthusit should be possibleto placethe
moreradicaldevelopments
into their correctsequence.
364
A, andperhapsenableus to asignmoreexactdatesto the statuesin CataloguesB andC.
If the materialis without a datablecontext,thenit canbe assigneda dateon the basisof a
comparisonof the features with the featurelist derivedfrom CatalogueA, an additional
datingtool in the handsof excavatorsandmuseumcuratorsalike.
365
APPENDIX 1.
The Inscriptions
Fifty-one statuesin the corpus are inscribed with the names and titles of the tomb
owner, although they are not all equally well-preserved.All but one of the titles and all of
the names are known from Old Kingdom sources.637 They are nearly always
other
inscribed on the basesof the statues; in one case the side seam of the wrap-over kilt is
inscribed (Catalogue No. A6) in addition to the base, on another two statues(Catalogue
Nos. A33 and A35) it is the belt which is inscribed, and Catalogue No. A35 also has an
inscribed sceptre.
Kanawati divides Old Kingdom titles into three categories:638Higher, Middle and
Lower, listing the titles which are characteristicof eachlevel and thus are indicators of the
rank of the official. Baer usesthe title sequencesof each official to determine his rank, a
is
method which not possible in the majority of the cases discussed here as rarely are
more than one or two titles listed. Strudwick divides the titles into their respective
departments, for example, the Granary, the Treasury, etc. His sources are the title
sequencesof the Viziers and other Higher officials. The statues discussed here include
many of the Middle and Lower ranks and therefore some of the titles do not appear in
Strudwick's book.
Very few Viziers are the owners of statues in the corpus. In general it is the less
high-ranking officials which have supplied themselves with wooden statues, although
this could be a result of the accident of preservation. Four Viziers have statues in the
corpus, Rashepses, Catalogue No. A8, from the reign of Isesi; Senedjemib Mehi,
Catalogue Nos. A 12 and A 13, from the reign of Unas; Meryre-Ima Pepi-Ima, Catalogue
No. A57, early Pepi11;andDjadjaemankh,CatalogueNo. A58, early to mid Pepi11.
Noneof the inscriptionsprovidedatingcriteria,althougha closeexaminationof the
useof the phraseIM3ýw ýr revealswhat may be consideredto be a progression.This
will be discussed,andwill be followed by a summarylisting of the titles encountered.
637 The
majority of the titles appear in one or more of the following publications: Helck,
Beamtentiteln; Strudwick, Administration; Kanawati, Administration; id., Reforms; Baer, Rank
and Title.
638 Administration, 3,15,23,
and 27.
366
a
The phrase m36w ýr
The inscriptions on nineteenof the fifty statuesinclude the phrase im3titv 1jr followed by
f,
nb. tar, ntr "3, or by the name of a god and an epithet. In one case the phrase is
followed by itf and by mwt.f. There appears to be a progression in the use of the
phrase:
No statuesfrom before the reign of Unas use Atn3tiwin any of its forms.
S
Wý(w) hr nb.f
The phrase bn3h(w) tir nb.f appears on one statue from the reign of Unas (Catalogue
Nos. A 15) andonefrom the Unas/Tetiperiod(CatalogueNo. A35).
lir
nb i'M3ý ntr `3
One statueis inscribed with this phrase.Catalogue No. A35 datesto the Unas/Teti
period.
P
Im Aw h,r n-tr
One statueis inscribedwith this phrase.CatalogueNo. B8 is datedto the reign of Unas.
It is possiblethat this phraseshouldbe restoredin the inscriptionof CatalogueNo. A27.
im3hw
Im hr h.
flimAw hr f
mwt.
This pair of phrases appears on the base of Catalogue No. A35, which dates to the
Unas/Tetiperiod.
JO
imAw hr ntr 113
. ,-
Ten statues are inscribed with this phrase'639 beginning in the reign of Pepi I and
Old Kingdom. 640 Catalogue No. B67, right, is
continuing through to the end of the
damaged just after hn3hw, hr ntr 13is probably to be restored here, even though the
available spaceis somewhat small for it. It is possible that Catalogue No. A27 originally
had this phraseas well, but as it dates to the reign of Unas, somewhat earlier than its first
it
occurrence, less
seems likely above.CatalogueNo. A 126
thanthe alternativesuggested
639 In (Catalogue No. A44) AmAw is written.
one case im3h(w) rather than
640 Catalogue Nos. A40-42,54-5,58,77 126, and B67, left.
367
is the statueof a female but despitethis, the masculineform I'M'3ttwis usedwith the
feminine nameand titles. Cf. Smith, HESPOK, 95; the readinghasbeenconfirmed by
E. Brovarsk-i(private communication).
im w, r npw
Three statuesare inscribed with this phrase.CatalogueNo. A41 datesto the reign of Pepi
1, Catalogue Nos. B40 and A77 date to the end of the reign of Pepi 11.Catalogue No.
A77 actually has the phraseim3hw hr ntr '3 hr 'Inpw.
3,
P
im3jiw ýr'lnpw tpi 4w.f
Two statueshave this epithet added to the name Inpw. Catalogue Nos. A43 and A44
both dateto the reignof Pepi1.
a
IM3ýw ýr nsw
One statue,CatalogueNo. A44, dating to the reign of Pepi 1, uses this phrase.
im3ltw ýr Mir
vý
One statue,Catalogue No. A44, dating to the reign of Pepi 1, uses this phrase.
Im
int3hw hr Wstr nb t3 dsr
One statue,CatalogueNo. A77, dating to the end of the reign of Pepi H, uses this phrase.
P
WIm ýr Pt#-Skr
Two statues,Catalogue Nos. A88 and B59, use this phrase.They both date to the end of
the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest.
.1
Wýw NN
One statue (CatalogueNo. B42) appearsto have i'M36wimmediately preceding the
name of the deceased, but as the relevantsectionis virtually illegible on the published
photograph it is difficult to be sure.According to Kanawati, the damaged signs following
641
the word k3ýw are to reads43w-n&, but he doesnot supportthis statementby
be
giving a hand copy and the traceson the published photographdo not appearto be in
agreementwith it (seethe handcopy on the Cataloguesheet).The statuehasbeendated
641 CL Kanawati, EI-Hawawish X, 21-22, Pl. 5c.
368
to the end of the reign of Pepi 11.CatalogueNo. C2, has k3h without the initial i and
without the w, and immediately precedesthe nameof the deceased,althoughonly traces
of the nameremain. This is a known Old Kingdom form. 642The suggesteddateof the
statueis the end of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest.
The titles
A knumt 643
iwn
This title is first known in DynastyIV. It is a legaltitle but its exactmeaningis unknown.
One statue,Catalogue No. C I, has this title. It datesto Dynasty V.
11 At 644
imy-r
'Overseerof the fields, an administrative title known from the end of the Old Kingdom.
Two statueshavethis title, CatalogueNos. A90 and A97, both from the tomb of Tjeteti,
which datesto the lastyearsof Pepi11at the earliest.
A 645
inty-r w1bwShint
W
'Overseer of Sekhmet priests', a medical title. 646One statue has this title, CatalogueNo.
A 15, which datesto the reign of Unas.
I t3647
imy-r wpt pr
Helck, Vallogia and Kanawati translate this title as'Overseer of Royal Commissions'. It
is not attested before Dynasty IV and is connected to the provincial administration. It
642Wb.1,82.
643 Helck, Beanitentiteln,74,112
n. 5; Strudwick,Administration, 178. Wb.1,53.
644 Helck, Beanitentiteln,70.
ý
645 Von Kdnel, Les
pr&res-oubb, 1-4.
6460P. X11j.
cit.,
647 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 81-2; Kanawati, Reforms, index
s.v; Wb. 1,303; Valloggia,
Recherches,29-41; Martin-Pardey,SAK 11 (1984), 231-251.
369
appears to be more of a ranking title than one with a specific occupation.648Kanawati
lists it as a title of Lower officials. It is concerned with the carrying out of royal
commissions and can thus be applied to a wide range of officials. Martin-Pardey, on the
other hand, suggests a completely different translation for ini),-r wpt, 'Overseer of the
division', that is, the official responsible for the reallocation of field boundaries in the
nomes after the innundation had subsided. As a title it was used in Dynasties IV and V,
and in Dynasty VI was replaced by I'My-r s1w 3ýt, 'overseer of the scribes of the
field'. 649The differentiation between the two titles is based on the determinative, either
one or three bookrolls, the former being the 'overseerof divisions', the latter Ioverseerof
commissions'. Unfortunately, the only statue to bear this title in the corpus has a
damaged text, but it seemsclear that no bookroll at all is present. Thus it is not certain
statuehas this title, CatalogueNo. A6, which dates to the end of the reign of Nyuserre or
slightly later. This date is in agreementwith Martin-Pardey's timescale for the title Anky-r
uptý50
v
imy. r b4(?) wfbt
One statue,CatalogueNo. A45, has this title. It datesto the transition period of the reigns
of Pepi I and Merenre. It is not certain that this is the correct reading. The titles listed in
the tomb do not include any that could be this one, nor does such a title appear in the
publications.
0
imy-rpw
One statue,CatalogueNo. A27, dating to the reign of Unas, has this title. It is very
clearly drawnon the baseand the mostlikely readingof the group of threesigns is that
they arep signs,GardinerSign List Q3, andnot GardinerSign List WI 1, the ideogram
in the word nst throne. Kuhlman651lists pj as a Ptolemaicword for throne, and it is
648 Valloggia,
op. cit., 32.
649 Martin-Pardey,
op. cit. csp. pp. 244-245.
650 Idem.
651 Thron, 9. See
also Osing, Nominalbildung, 158.658.
370
is Old Kingdom The title hny-r
possiblethat this a previously unsuspected example.
is known title in the Old Kingdom. 652 and Kuhlman is probably mistaken in
nswt a
thinking that it is a corrupt reading of i'my-r Amy. The latter word appearsnearly
always in the singular or the dual; I know of no instancewhereit has the triple ideogram
in the Old Kingdom, whereasi'my-rnswt often hasa triple ideogram,as doeshny-r pit,
in this instance.In addition,the signswe haveon CatalogueNo. A27 could not possibly
be mistakenfor eitherGardinerSign List W 11 or 05 1.
A
imy-rpr hry wdb653
'Overseer of the House of the Master of Largess'. This is the department in charge of the
provisioning of the King's table, and is therefore an important function. One statue in the
corpus, No.
Catalogue A94, Tjeteti, which datesto the last yearsof Pepi11at the earliest,
hasthis title.
P
imy-r ýwt Wrt654
'Overseerof the Great Mansion'. This is a legal title, probably not found outside the
Memphitearea. The first holder
recorded of the title datesto the reign of 655
Nyuserre. As
time passedit gradually lost statusand by the end of Dynasty V it rankedlower than it
had previously.656The only statuewith this title comesfrom Saqqara,CatalogueNo.
A77, anddatesto the endof the reign of PepiIL
rmy-r hm-ntr657
'Overseer of prophets', a religious title. This is one of Kanawati's titles of the Lower
Officials. 658 The two statues which have this title, Catalogue Nos. A54 and A55, have
other higher ranking titles as well. Catalogue No. A54 dates to the transition period of the
reigns of Merenre, and Pepi 11,Catalogue No. A55 dates to the early part of the reign of
Pepi11.
652
op. cit., 106,8.
653 Helck, Beanitentiteln,31,68ff; Gardiner,JEA 24 (1938), 83-91.
654 Helck, Beamtentiteln,73; Strudwick,Adrhinistration, 176 ff.
655 Strudwick,
op. cit., 337.
656
op. cit., 340.
657 Helck, Beamtentiteln,113,125ff; Kanawati,Reforms,index
s.v; Gardiner,AEO I, A. 100.
658Administration, 27.
371
P tnty-I and h. r3659
imy-r %P i'my-r nty-lpr-
This title appears in Dynasty V for the first time, and seemsto replace the title of rh-
%0
ns,K-.The officials in this department were concernedwith the provision of food for the
palace, but were not those in direct contact with the king. The later translation of hni)--§,
Igarden', may imply that the food concernedwas vegetablesand fruit, 660i. e. the produce
of a 'kitchen garden', but the possibility of it being a 'home farm' with a much wider
range of products should not be rejected.One statue,Catalogue No. B67, which datesto
the end of the Old Kingdom, has the title imy-r hnti*-§, and four statues of Metjetji,
Catalogue Nos. A40, A42, A43, and A44 have the title i'my-r hnly-§pr- '3. Metjetji dates
to the reign of Pepi 1. Kanawati lists thesetitles as thoseof Middle officials. 661
.1
imy-r hry-htm (?)662
'Overseer of the sealed document'. Three statues of Tjeteti, Catalogue Nos. A88, A89,
andA98, havethis title. They dateto the lastyearsof PepiH at the earliest.
.9
imy-r shrt (Amy-r sIrl)
This title hassofar beenattestedonly for the Middle Kingdom andthe New Kingdom. It
probably means 'Overseer of Milkers' (Ward, Index, No. 349). Wb.IV, 295,1-5, lists
the New Kingdom as the earliestinstanceof sfrt being h
spelledwith rather than 1,
but the interchangeof I and h is known as early as the Pyramid Texts.663This is
possibly the earliest instanceof the title. The determinative is also a problem - the
Wbrterbuchonly lists vesselsas determinativesof this word in the Greek period. The
word int, 'milk', however, has a similar vessel as its determinative from the Old
Kingdom onwards.664One statue,CatalogueNo. A91, Tjeteti, datingto the endof the
reign of Pepi 11at the earliest,has this title.
372
P gm cw665
inty-r
This title appearsfirst in the reign of Merenre. It has been known to be held by officials
operating from the capital, but is mainly a provincial office. The only statuewith this title
comes from Meir. Catalogue No. A55, Nyankhpepi Kern, dates to early in the reign of
Pepi H.
Pt In 666
imy-r w
This title does not figure in any of the publications of titles listed above. Gardiner667
discusses the meaning of the word ln'w, and concludes that its most likely translation
should be 'storehouse' rather than 'ergastulum'. One statue, Catalogue No. A93, Tjeteti,
dating to the end of the reign of Pepi 11at the earliest, has this title. The title 'Overseerof
the storehouse' fits in well with Tjeteti's other titles, many of which have to do with
agriculture.
P
zmy-r Aw
This title has been discussedby Fischer in the same article which deals with the name of
the two it. 668 Despite the lack of determinatives, he
the owner of statues carrying
suggests that theword Inw is the one listed in Wb. IV, 511, and that the title means
'Overseer of Courtiers'. The two statues are Catalogue Nos. A79 and A80,
Nebernhenennesut,and are dated to the end of the reign of Pepi 11.
A JjjWtY669
iniy-r
'Overseer of the Two Granaries'. This title is a very high administrative one, with an
honorific nature to it. Kanawati lists it as one of his titles of the Higher Officials. 670 The
first known holder dates to the reign of Nyuserre. 671 Two statues have this title.
670Administration, 15.
671 Strudwick,Adniinistration, 337.
373
CatalogueNo. A85, Tjeteti, dates to the last years of Pepi 11at the earliest, as does
CatalogueNo. B58,1hy.
lp
imy-r Mnw llbt 672
'Overseerof building works in the houseof purification'. One statueis inscribed with this
p
imy-r ýd is pr dw3t673
'Overseerof works in the King's dressing room'. One statue is inscribed with this phrase.
CatalogueNo. A35 dates to the Unas/Teti period.
P
imy. r ýd n shwt675
W
'Overseer of works in the fields(? ),. 676One statue is inscribed with this phrase. Catalogue
No. A35 dates to the Unas/Teti period. The translation 'Oases'has been suggested by
Zayed, 677but the Wurterbuch lists field, fields, as the translation. 678
0 htMW
IIY. U
This title is only known from Catalogue No. A6. The Wdrterbuch can suggestno
translation.679
677 Troisbudes, 7.
678 Wb. IV, 229.
679 Wb. V, 638,1.
680 Helck, Beanitentiteln, 30.
374
Shint, and is thereforeprobably also to be understoodas a priest of 681
Sekht-net. The
v
statue is Catalogue No. A 15, and dates to the reign of Unas.
682
w cb im,...
#royalw cb-priest'. This is one of Kanawati's titles for Lower Officials. 683Two statues
have this title, CatalogueNo. A35, Kapunesut, which dates to the Unas/Teti period, and
Catalogue No. A5 1, which datesto the transition period from the reign of Merenre to that
of Pepi 11.
§n, CW694
wr md
'Greatest of the Upper Egyptian 10'. This is a legal title known since the early Old
wr irt ni T3-wr
'Great of achievements in the Thinite nome'. KeeS686suggests that this title has to do
with work that Kapunesut (Catalogue Nos. A33 and A35, temp. Unas/Teti) carried out in
Abydos on the temple for Khentyamentiu. The renovation of this temple was carried out
during the reigns of Teti and Pepi 1.This could be merely an honorific epithet rather than
a true title, but the possibility that it did have a connection with actual work cannot be
ruled out.
375
not foundafter the early part of the reign of Pepi1. It is a legaltitle. CatalogueNo. CI is
the only statuewith this title. It datesto DynastyV.
mdw yp688
'Staff of Apis'. This title was bestowed on close relatives of the King in Dynasty IV, but
by the end of Dynasty V had become little more than an honorific title. It is often
conferred on holders of the tide sd3vv(?) bAty.In Dynasty VI it makes up one of a range
m4li ýd nSW689
'Carpenter/stone hewer of the King's building projects'. This is a middle ranking title, 690
superior to shd kdw but inferior to 1Iny-r k3t nb n nsw. This title is held by two statues
in the corpus, Catalogue No. A33 and A35, both of Kapunesut, who is dated to the
period at the very end of Dynasty V and the beginning of Dynasty VI, that is, Unas/Teti.
rh-nSW691
This title was originally given to courtiers involved in provisioning the palace, but who
did not come into direct contact with the king. It very soon became a merely honorific
title, and is the lowest ranking one. 692 By the end of Dynasty V the actual functions
originally associated with the title were carried out by a ýnty_1.693 It is never used by
Viziers or relatives of the king. Five statues (Catalogue Nos. A6, A 18, A 19, A45 and
138) ranging in date from the end of the reign of Nyuserre, to the period covering the
376
datesto the endof DynastyV, the periodof the reignsof UnasandTeti.
ý3ty-, 695
This is one of the oldest titles and is usually translated as 'mayor' or'count'. It is one of
Kanawati's so-called Higher Official titles.696Two statueshave this title, CatalogueNo.
C2, which dates to Dynasty V, and Catalogue No. B33, which dates to the reign of Pepi
Ii.
-
ýWtý&
This is an obscuretitle becauseof the lack of a determinative.Two statues,Catalogue
Nos. A33 and A35, dating to the Unas/Teti period have it. It also appearson various
other inscribed items from the same tomb, but never with a determinative. KeeS697
discussesthe possibilitiesfor a translation,saying that it should have somethingto do
with building. He repudiates Zayed's suggestion that it is a plural of ýu without the
building determinative- GardinerSign List 06. His own suggestionthat it may refer to
the whitewashusedto cover mud brick constructionsseemsa bit far-fetched,however.
Dr. J. van Dijk698suggeststhat the title shouldbe translatedas "messengerof the White
the White Crown", referring to Wb.111,44.
Crown" or perhaps"he who presents/brings
4-6.
#ni t4r
This is the most common of the lower ranked religious titles. Only one statuehas it,
Catalogue No. A6, which datesto the end of the reign of Nyuserre or slightly later.
This title is a legal rather than a purely religious one, presumably becauseof the
association of the goddessMa'at with the concepts of justice and order. It is known since
DynastyV andis listed by all ranksof officials, evenViziers. One statue,CatalogueNo.
695 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 20-1,111-13; Kanawati, Reforms, index s. v; Martin-Pardey,
Provinzialverwaltung, index s.v.
696 Kanawati, Administration, 15.
697 WZKM 54 (1057), 97-8.
698 Personal
communication.
699 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 74; Strudwick, Administration, 178.
377
A27, datingto the reign of Unas,hasthis title.
ý6 sit3702
This title is used by the palace officials who dealt with the daily needsof the king, which
needed to be kept secret from ordinary people. The word 'valet', with its implication of
trustworthiness, comes close to the literal translation 'he who is over the secrets'. Six
statueshave this title. Catalogue No. CI dates to Dynasty V; Catalogue No. A6 dates to
the end of the reign of Nyuserre or slightly later; CatalogueNos. A 18, A27 and A35 date
to the reign of Unas; and CatalogueNo. A54 dates to the transition period from the reign
of Merenre to that of Pepi H. Kanawati lists this title among those for Lower Officials. 703
378
those for Higher Officials. 706
'He who is over the secrets of the building works of Kees in his discussion rejects
ýý3 pr7O8
'Governor of a town'. This title is held by one statue, Catalogue No. B22, which dates to
the Pepi I/Merenre period.
hk3 hWt709
'District Governor'. This title is known since Dynasty III. Kanawati lists it among the
titles for the Higher Officials. 7 10One statue, Catalogue No. A60, dating to the reign of
PepiII, hasthis title.
6rp &713 1
'Director of the bird trap'. This title was probably originally given to courtiers directly
concerned with provisioning the palace. By the end of Dynasty V it appears among a
range of honorific titles used by Higher Officials. One statue, Catalogue No. A54, dating
379
to the Merenre/PepiIl pefiod,hasthis title.
ý rp JnWty714
'Controller of the Two Granaries'. This title does not appear in Strudwick's study, and
thus it appears that it was not one held by people of very high rank. This title appears on
one statue, Catalogue No. B58, which dates to the last years of the reign of Pepi 11at the
earliest.
hry-?ib7l5
'Lector priest'.'Six statueshave this title (CatalogueNos. A39, A54, A55, B44, B58, and
B67) ranging in date from the Teti/Pepi I period to the end of the Old Kingdom.
hry-tp ISW716
The original meaning of this title appearsto have been 'Chamberlain', 'in the senseof "an
officer who attended the king in his bedroom" 717 and was given to actual personal
attendentsof the king. It gradually became more honorific in nature and acquired a legal
meaning, the title being given to scribes belonging to the legal department of theViziees
office. Provincial holders of the title nearly always have the title sinr wrty as well.
Catalogue No. B32, reign of Pepi 11,from Akhmim, holds both titles. Catalogue No.
A77, from Saqqara, end of the reign of Pepi 11,holds hry-tp nsw but not smr wcly.
Kanawati lists this title as one belonging to the Middle Officials. 718
appears to have been originally granted to women in the royal harim. One statue,
CatalogueNo. A 125, dating to the end of the Old Kingdom, has this title.
714 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 64.
715 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 113-114; Strudwick, Administration, 226; Kanawati, Reforms, index
S.V.
716 Helck, Beamtentiteln, 60,105,115,119; Strudwick, Administration, 182-3; Kanawati,
Reforms, 14; Gardiner, AEO, L 107.
717 Gunn, JEA 27,145; Gardiner & Sethe, Egyptian Letters
to the Dead, 14-15. -
718 Administration, 23.
719 Wb. 111,401; Strudwick, Administration, 28 1; Harpur, Decoration, 135,573.
380
s3b cd Mr720
The title appears for the first time in this form in Dynasty IV. It is a ranking title for
scribesand a legal title. Two statues,Catalogue No. Cl, dating to Dynasty V, and
CatalogueNo. A27, dating to the reign of Unas, have this title. Kanawati places it among
the titles for Middle Officials. 721
smr Wrty722
'Sole Friend'. This is an honorific title, very common throughout the Old Kingdom.
Twelve statues have this title (Catalogue Nos. A39, A54, A55, A58, A59, A60, B22,
B32, B33, B58, and B67) ranging in date from the Teti/Pepi I period to the end of the
Old Kingdom. Kanawati lists this title among those for the Higher Officials. 723
sý4 10
'Overseer of dancers'. Catalogue No. A87, which has this title, is inscribed for a man
sl c nsw p_ýr725
The title s§ c nsw is known from Dynasty IV, this longer version first appears in mid-
late Dynasty V, but is principally a Dynasty VI title. It perhaps means 'personal scribe of
the king's document', that is, a scribe who would actually be in the presenceof the king.
r
Kanawati lists the title s§ nsw as one for Middle Officials. 726One statue has this title:
CatalogueNo. A95 datesto the last years of Pepi H at the earliest.
381
Ad n wP C3727
'Rower of the great bark'. Jones lists two examples with this title, one of which is
Catalogue No. A35, from the reign of Unas. He assumeshonorific transposition for,13
as the adjective qualifying M3, and does not discuss the possibility that the boat is a
determinative of a word U, here meaning a specific type of boat. The title would then
sd3w(?)1ýtmw(?) býy728
'Royal Seal Bearer'. An honorific title since the early Old Kingdom. It is ýparticularly
common in Dynasty IV, and from the beginning of Dynasty VI on. Kanawati lists it
for the Higher Officials. 729Five statueshave this title (Catalogue Nos.
among the titles
A54, A55, A60, B33 and B58) ranging in date from the Merenre/Pepi 11period to the
last years of Pepi II at the earliest.
spwpyhýtmwp) jqr730
'Treasurer of the God'. This title was given to officials who were responsible for
controlling trade and transport expeditions to the south. It had a military function. By the
Middle Kingdom it had a religious function associatedwith embalmers. One statuehas
this title, CatalogueNo. B27 datesto the reign of Pepi 11.
Ips(s) nSW731
The Wdrterbuch says that this title is given to people who are part of the entourage of
the king from the Old Kingdom on. Helck narrows down the timescale by saying that it
appears for the first time at the end of the Old Kingdom. He also says that it was a very
low ranking title. Two statues have this title, Catalogue Nos. A79 and A80, both dating to
382
APPENDIX 2.
Wood Types
Of the two hundred and seventeenstatuesin the corpus, only eight have had their
wood identified by scientific means,a further four have beenidentified visually. Two
others have identifications, but no confirmation that this is the result of a scientific
analysis. This is by no means enough to be able to draw any satisfactory conclusions
about the types of wood preferred. Nine of the statues are made of woods indigenous to
the Nile valley (eight confirmed analyses),the remaining five are foreign woods.
INDIGENOUS
Sycomorus spec.
Five statuesare madeof woodsbelongingto the sycomorefamily. Unfortunately,
has
eachanalysis given a different nameto their findings:
Catalogue No. A3 is said to be sycomore. As far as can be ascertained,no
scientific analysis has been carried out on this statue. The most recent publication,
Eg.)ptian Museum,No. 40, statesthat it is madeof sycomorewood.
Saleh/Sourouzian,
Catalogue No. B13 and Catalogue No. B31 have been analysed as Ficus
ýycoinorus L The analyses were carried out for the CAA publication of the Roemer-
und Pelizaeusmuseurnin Hildesheim. This tree was one of the most important fruit trees
in Ancient Egypt. 732 Its wood was used for furniture, coffins, statuettes and ships.
Unfortunately there is very little confirmation in the literature for its use. LucaS733lists
383
Acacia (InLl)
Three statues have been analysed as Acacia. LucaS735 lists only trunks and
branchesfrom the Old Kingdom. Keimer and Germer both state that acaciawas the main
wood-producing tree in Ancient Egypt. 736 It produced planks long enough for ship-
building, but was also used for coffins, furniture, doorjambs, and statues. Acacia
nilotica is the most common type in Egypt, and this was probably the type most used in
wood-working of all kinds.
Catalogue Nos. A 126, BI 0 and B33 all have been analysedscientifically, A 125 by
Tarnarix spec.(izr)
According to Keimer, 737the tamarisk only produced short pieces of hard wood,
despite sometimes growing to a height of 8-10m. It is usually referred to as a bush. Its
existence in the Old Kingdom is confirmed by a mention in the Pyramid Texts (Pýyr.
126c).LucaS738only lists some charcoal from the period covering DynastiesI to X.
Catalogue No. A 103 has been scientifically analysed as Tamarix spec. for the
CAA publication of the Roemer- und Pelizaeusmuseurn in Hildesheim. It is only the
remains of the upper part of a statue, and measures 14.8 cm. It is possible that the entire
statuereacheda height of 30 cm, but we have no way of telling whether or not it depicted
Senebas a dwarf, as his stone statuegroup does. If it did, then the estimated entire height
would be less. The stone chest it was found in measured 71 cm, but is clearly much
larger than the statueit housed.
735
op. cit., 440.
736 Keimer, Gartenpflanzen11,19-24;Gertner,Flora, 90-91.
737 Gartenpflanzen1,55-57.
738 Materials, 440-41.
384
FOREIGN
Ebony (hbiky)
Five statues are said to be of ebony, but in no case has this been confirmed by a
statues said to be ebony (Catalogue Nos. A43, A46, A47, and A48) range in height
from 50.8 cm to 66 cm, heights not normally considered to be small. Until analysesare
made ihese statues may continue to be regarded as ebony, bearing in mind that there are
other possibilities: Acacia nilotica, for example, can produce very dark-coloured woods.
Cedar
One statue is said to be of cedar, Catalogue No. B75. The analysis is
740
unconfirmed. LucaS741 lists somesmall piecesof cedarknown from the Predynastic
period, but then nothing until some coffins from Dynasties X-XI. All cedar found in
Egypt is Cedrus Libani, Cedar of Lebanon.742
739
op. cit., 434-436.
740 Nelson, Catalogue,25 No. 20.
741 Materials, 430.
742
op. cit., 432.
385
APPENDIX 3.
Male
386
Wig Dress Aims Date Range Catalogue Nos.
1 6 4 Pepi 11 A73
1 6 9 Pepi 11or later - end Old Kingdom A81, Al 15
la 4 3 Teti A36
lb 3a 8a Pepi 11or later A90, A91
lb 4 3 Pepi I/ Merenre A46
lb 4 3a Pepi I/ Merenre A48
2 1 1 Unas A 19
2 2 2 Snofru A2
2 2 6 Unas / Teti A33
2 2b 5 Unas A27
2 3 3 End Nyuserre - Unas A6, A20, A25
2 4 1 Unas A26
2 4 3 Unas A21
2a 1 3 Dyn. IV-V A3
3 2b 5 Unas A28
3 3 7 Teti / Pepi I A39
3 3a I Pepi II A62
3 3a 7 Pepi I- end of Old Kingdom A43, A44, A61,
A66, A83, A 105
3 3a 7a Pepi 11 A64
3 3a 7b Pepi H- Pepi 11or later A65, A84
3 3a 7c Pepi 11or later A87
3 3a 8 Pepi 11 A56, A57, A76
3 3a 8a Pepi 11or later A85
3 4 2a Unas A29
3 4 9a Pepi H A68
3 6 6 Teti A37
3a 3a 7b Pepi 11or later A86
4 2 3 Unas A24
4 2 4 Isesi All
4 2b 4b Pepi 11 A72
4 2b 9 Pepi H A75
4 2d 4' Merenre Pepi H A51
387
wil! Dress Arms Date Range CatalogueNos.
4 4 9 Pepi11 A67
4a 6 3 Pepi11 A59
4b 6 4c Pepi11or later A101
5 2a I Pepi11or later A93, A94, A95
5 2a 3 Pepi11or later A92
5 2a 9 Pepi11or later A96
5 2a II PepiII or later A82
5 2e 6 Pepi 11 A70
5 2e 6a Pepi11 A72
5 2e 9 Pepi11 A69
5 2f 6 Pepi11 A71
5 2f 9 End of Old Kingdom A104
5 3a 7b Pepi11or later A88, A89
5 3a 8 Merenre A50
5 3a 8a End of Old Kingdom A 108,A 109
5 4 3 Merenre/ Pepi11 A54
5 6 3 Pepi11 A60
5 6 9 End of Old Kingdom Al 10,Al 11,
Al 12, Al 13,
A114
5 6 12 End of Old Kingdom A116
6 2b 3a Pepi11 A55
7 6 9 Pepi11 A79, A80
7 6 10 Pepi11 A63
388
Wig Dress Arms Date Range Catalogue Nos.
4 2 3 Unas A24
1 2 3a PepiI A42
4 2 4 Isesi All
2 2 6 Unas/ Teti A33
I 2a 3 Unas A16, A17
5 2a I Pepi11or later A93, A94, A95
5 2a 3 Pepi11or later A92
5 2a 9 Pepi11or later A96
5 2a II Pepi11or later A82
I 2b I End of Old Kingdom A104
2 2b 5 Unas A27
3 2b 5 Unas A28
4 2b 4b Pepi11 A74
4 2b 9 Pepi11 A75
6 2b 3a Pepi11 A55
I 2c 3 PepiI/ Merenre, A45
I 2c 9 Pepi11or later A99, A 100
I 2d 6a Merenre/ PepiII A52
I 2d 9 Merenre/ Pepi II A53
4 2d 4 Merenre/ Pepi11 A51
5 2e 6 Pepi11 A70
5 2e 6a Pepi 11 A72
5 2e 9 PepiH A69
5 2f 6 Pepi 11 A71
5 2f 9 End of Old Kingdom A104
I 2g I Pepi11or later A98
I 2g 3 PepiH A77
I 2h I PepiIl or later A97
2 3 3 End Nyuserre- Unas A6, A20, A25
3 3 7 Teti / PepiI A39
I 3a 3 Teti A38
lb 3a 8a Pepi11or later A90, A91
3 3a I Pepi H A62
389
Wig Dress Arms Date Range CatalogueNos.
3 3a 7 PepiI- endof Old Kingdom A43, A44, A61,
A64, A83, A 105
3 3a 7a Pepi11 A64
3 3a 7b Pepi11- Pepi11or later A65, A84
3 3a 7c Pepi11or later A87
3 3a 8 Pepi11 A56, A57, A74
3 3a 8a Pepi11or later A85
3a 3a 7b Pepi11or later A86
5 3a 7b Pepi11or later A88, A89
5 3a 8 Merenre A50
5 3a 8a End of Old Kingdom A 108,A 109
1 4 1 PepiI/ Merenre A47
1 4 3 Unas A13
la 4 3 Teti A36
lb 4 3 PepiI/ Merenre A46
Ib 4 3a PepiI/ Merenre A48
2 4 1 Unas A26
2 4 3 Unas A21
3 4 2a Unas A29
3 4 9a Pepi 11 A68
4 4 9 Pepi11 A67
5 4 3 Merenre/ Pepi11 A54
1 5 4a Unas A23
1 6 3a Pepi Il A58
1 6 4 Pepi11 A73
1 6 9 Pepi11or later - endOld Kingdom A81, Al 15
3 6 6 Teti A37
4a 6 3 Pepi 11 A59
4b 6 4c Pepi11or later A101
5 6 3 Pepi11 A60
5 6 9 End of Old Kingdom A110, Al I I,
Al 12,Al 13,
A114
390
Wig Dress Arms Date Range Catalogue Nos.
5 6 12 End of Old Kingdom A116
7 6 9 Pepi11 A79, A80
7 6 10 Pepi11 A63
391
Wig Dress Arms Date Range CatalogueNos.
5 4 3 Merenre/ Pepi11 A54
5 6 3 Pepi11 A60
1 2 3a PepiI A42
1 6 3a Pepi11 A58
lb 4 3a PepiI/ Merenre A48
6 2b 3a Pepi11 A55
1 6 4 Pepi11 A73
4 2 4 Isesi All
4 2d 4 Merenre Pepi11 A51
1 5 4a Unas A23
4 2b 4b Pepi11 A74
4b 6 4c Pepi11or later Al0l
2 2b 5 Unas A27
3 2b 5 Unas A28
2 2 6 Unas/ Teti A33
3 6 6 Ted A37
5 2e 6 Pepi11 A70
5 2f 6 Pepi11 A71
I 2d 6a Merenre/ Pepi11 A52
5 2e 6a Pepi11 A72
3 3 7 Teti / PepiI A39
3 3a 7 Pepi I- endof Old Kingdom A43, A44, A61,
A64, A83, A 105
3 3a 7a Pepi11 A64
3 3a 7b PepiH- PepiH or later A65, A84
3a 3a 7b Pepi11or later A86
5 3a 7b PepiIl or later A88, A89
3 3a 7c Pepi11or later A87
3 3a 8 Pepi 11 A56, A57, A76
5 3a 8 Merenre A50
lb 3a 8a Pepi11or later A90, A91
3 3a 8a Pepi11or later A85
5 3a 8a End of Old Kingdom A 108,A 109
392
Wig Dress Arms Date Range Catalogue Nos.
2c 9 Pepi11or later A99, A 100
2d 9 Merenre/ Pepi11 A53
6 9 PepiIl or later - endOld Kingdom A81, A115
4 2b 9 Pepi11 A75
4 4 9 Pepi11 A67
5 2a 9 Pepi11or later A96
5 2e 9 Pepi11 A69
5 2f 9 End of Old Kingdom A104
5 6 9 End of Old Kingdom Al 10, Al 11,
A 112,A 113,
AIJ4
7 6 9 Pepi11 A79, A80
3 4 9a Pepi11 A68
7 6 10 Pepi11 A63
5 2a II Pepi11or later A82
5 6 12 End of Old Kingdom A116
Female
393
Wig Dress Arms Date Range CatalogueNos.
I Dyn. IV-V A4
1 2 2 End Nyuserre A7
1 2 3 Unas A22, A30
la 2 3 Unas A31
2 2 3 Unas A32
2a 2 3 Pepi11or later - End Old Kingdom A 102,A 117
3 3 3 PepiI/ Merenre A49
3a 3 3 End Old Kingdom A121, A123,
A 124
4 3 3 End Old Kingdom A 119,A 120,
A 122,A 125
4 4 3 End Old Kingdom A118
3b 5 2 End Old Kingdom A 127
394
APPENDIX 4.
395
Inv. No. Cat. No. Inv. No. Cat. No.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo Egyptian Museum, Cairo
JE 40037 A8 JE 93169 A19
JE 44613 B50 JE 93170 A15
JE 46992 A46 JE 93171 A20
JE 47036 C14 JE 93172 A21
JE 47775 A39 JE 93173 A16
JE 49119 A65 JE 93174 A22
JE 49371 A86 JE 93175 A17
JE 51482 B68
JE 51738 A32 Saqqara Magazine
JE 52081 A29 3513-26 [421] C1
JE 52564 A67 ? A36
JE 52565 A66 ? A37
JE 58375 A68 ? A38
JE 59631 A57 Sohag Magazine (?) -
JE 63110 C2 H26A/H26B B41
JE 64905 A87
JE67369 A35 FRANCE
JE 87698 Al Marseilles, Musee Borely
JE 87699 A2 217 B75
JE 88575 A59 218 B38
JE 88576 A60 Paris, Musee du Louvre
JE 88577 A62 N 2293 BIO
JE 88578 A61 E 10357 B54
JE 88581 A63 E 11566 B33
JE 93161 A90
JE 93162 A95 GERMANY
JE 93163 A91 Berlin, East
JE 93164 A77 10858 B8
JE 93165 A27 Berlin, West
JE 93166 A28 1363 B39
JE 93167 "A18
JE 93168 A14
396
Inv. No. Cat. No., Inv. No. Cat. No.
Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus- SWEDEN
Museum Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet
67 B17 MM 11410 A26
1106 B 13 MM 11411 A99
1244 B31 MM 11412 A97
1572 A51 MM 11413 A98
1574 A52 MM 14689 B36
3117 A 103 MM 14725 B35
Leipzig, Agyptisches Museum Uppsala, Victoria Museum
2688 A53 117 B65
ITALY SWITZERLAND
Turin, Museo Egizio Neuchatel, Musee d'Ethnographie
N 1197 B40 Eg. 328 A93
1216 B45 Eg. 329 AIOI
3104 B37 Eg. 400 A64
13719-13842 A50 Eg. 401 A81
C12 Eg. 402 A82
Eg. 403 A69
THE NETHERLANDS Eg. 424 B60
Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum Eg. 425 B58
48 B 16
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden UNITED KINGDOM
AH 91 B30 Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Musuem
AH 114 B26 40-1937 C3
1938/7.7 B42 41-1937 B25
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum
POLAND 1921.1662 B67
Warsaw, National Museum London, Britis h Museum
236612MNW B48 EA 29563 B23
EA 29594 A54
EA 53899 B27
EA 55261 B 19
397
Inv. No. Cat. No. Inv. No. Cat. No.
London, British Muscum Berkeley, PhoebeHearst Museum of
EA 55584 B 12 Anthropology
EA 55722 A47 6-15213 A119
London, Petrie Museum, University 6-15214 A 122
College London 6-15215 A120
8844 1311 6-15216 A 123
16454 B46 6-15217 A124
16658 B72 6-15218 A121
Manchester, Manchester Museum 6-16022 A 106
4230 C7 6-19768 C9
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum ? (N90) B66
1896-1908 E 1881 B56 ? (N92) C8
1914.39 A78 ? (N241) A 125
1921.1418 A79 ? (N248) A127
1921.1419 A80 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Cranbrook
Academy of Art
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 401131 B 15
Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
22.30 B 14 12.1234 A 107
Berkeley, Phoebe Hearst Museum of 13.3461 B49
Anthropology 13.3462 B3
6-12840 A 126 13.3463 134
6-15201 A110 13.3464 B5
6-15203-, A108 12.3465 A12
6-15204 Al 17 13.3466 A13
6-15205 A111 24.604 A34
6-15206 A112 24.606 A85
6-15207 A109 24.607 A94
6-15208 A113 24.608 A88
6-15209 Al 18 24.609 B57
6-15210 A115 37.1320 A104
6-15211 'Al 16 37.1321 A 105
6-15212 Al 14 47.1455 A40
398
Inv. No. Cat. No., Inv. No. Cat. No.
Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum Providence, Rhode Island Schoolof
50.77 A42 Design Museum of Art
51.1 A43 25.031 B18
53.222 A41 Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural 1.1986 B28
History
30104 B64
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum LOCATION UNKNOWN
of Art A49
33.1400 B73 A83
51-1 A44 A84
New Haven, Yale University Art A96
Gallery AIOO
1956.33.48 B71 A102
1957.7.18 C13 B47
New York, Me tropolitan Museum
of Art
26.2.2 A24
26.2.3 A30
26.2.4 A25
26.2.5 A31
26.2.6 A23
26.2.7 A33
26.2.8 A92
26.2.9 A89
26.9.2 AlO
26.9.3 All
27.9.3 B59
27.9.4 B62
27.9.5 B61
58.125.3 B69
59.50.1 B53
59.50.2 B21
399
INDICES
1. Personal Names
1hy B58-B62
Pehemefert B8
Inetkemet A 126-A 127
Pepi A82
Ishtji Tjetji A59-A63
Pepiankh Heryib A78
Iti A50
Itisen ci
RaherkaIpi A64
RAW A77
Ka-aper A3-A4 Rashepses A8
Kaemsenu AlO-AI I
Kaiherptah A45 Seneb A103
Kapunesut A33-A35 Senedjemib Mehi A12-A13
KhenuTjemi A39 Shemi A87
400
Name CatalogueNo.
Shenay A69
Shepset A125
Wadjhotep B52
401
2. Titles
r&-nsw 376
rh-nsw skd n 13 376-377
402
3. Sites
Akhmim: M8 A54
M 23 A9
Dahshur: 24 A70-A76
Giza: G 1152 c9
G 2335 A B49-B50
G2336 B3-B5
G 2347aC=G 5564 A A 104-A105
G 2378A= LG 26 A12-A13
G 5560 = LG 35 A45
D211 A51-A53
Meir: A1 A55
D2 A78
Saqqara: 33 =D 30 C14
36 =C8 A3-A4 (AP)
75 =D 10 A58
403
Site. Tomb No. CatalogueNo.
Saqqara: 83 =D6 A59-63
6001 A83-102
10694 A77
LS 10 B39
S 902 = LS 16 A8
S3079 Al-A2
S3513 ci
M II A65
M xi A66-A67
M xvi C2
N IV A81-A81
NV A69
N VIII A64
01 A68
404
CONCORDANCE OF PLATES AND CATALOGUE NUMBERS
405
Plate No. CatalogueNo., AccessionNo.
406
Plate No. CatalogueNo. AccessionNo.
407
Plate No. CatalogueNo. AccessionNo.
,
408
Plate No. CatalogueNo. AccessionNo.
409
Plate No. CatalogueNo. AccessionNo.
410
Plate No. CatalogueNo. AccessionNo.
411
LIST OF THE SOURCES OF THE PLATES
The majority of the photographs are my own study photographs, taken in situ with the
permission of the relevant Museum authorities, to whom I am extremely grateful. The
quality of these photographs varies with the individual circumstances of the location of
each statue in its museum. It was not always possible to have a pale background, nor to
place a scale. Sometimes the lighting conditions were not optimal, and often I had to
photograph through glass cases.The quality of the plates is high due to the fact that they
have been scanned into an Apple computer and printed with a raster, enabling high
412
Pl. 9 Cat. No. A 11,MMA 26.9.3
a. Firth/Gunn,Teti P),ramid Cemeteries11,Pl. 18.
413
PI. 26 Cat. No. A41, Brooklyn 53.222
a.-c. Courtesyof The Brooklyn Museum.
414
Pl. 41 Cat. No. A64, Eg. 400
a. Mquier, TombeauxdesParticuliers, Pl. XIII [lower right].
Cat. No. A69, Eg.403
b. Mquier, TombeauxdesParticuliers, Pl. XIII [lower left]
415
Pi. 59 Cat. No. A99, MM 11411
C. Bulletin 20 (1985), 15.
Medelhavsmuseet
Cat. No. A 100
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ABBREVIATIONS "'
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LAAA - Liverpool Annals ofArchaeology and Anthropology.
LA - Lexik-onder Ag)ptologie, (Wiesbaden, 1972-1992).
MÄS - Münchner Ägyptologische Studien, Berlin, Munich.
MDAIK - Mitleflungen des Deutschen Archdologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo,
Mainz.
MMA - MetropolitanMuseumof Art, New York.
MMAF - M6moirespubli6s par les membresde la mission archeologiquefrangaiseau
Caire,Paris.
MMJ - Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York.
MSS - manuscript.
MVEOL - Mededelingen en Verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch
Genootschap "Ex OrienteLux", Leiden.
NGWG - Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Phil. -
hist. KI., Fachgruppe L Altertumswissenschaften,G6ttingen.
Or - Orientalia, Nova Series, Rome.
PHMA - Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology (formerly Robert H. Lowie Museum
of Anthropology), University of California at Berkeley, California.
PM - B. Porter & R. L. B. Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
Hieroglyphic Texts,Reliefs and Paintings. 7 vols. (Oxford, 1927-1981).
PSBA - Proceedingsof the Society of Biblical Archaeology, London.
RT - Recueil de travaux rilatifs ii la philologie et Li Parcheologie egyptiennes et
assyriennes,Paris. .I
SAGA - Studien zur Archdologie und GeschichteAlffigyptens, Heidelberg.
SAK- Studien zur Altdg)ptischen Kultur, Hamburg.
SAN - Sacred Animal Necropolis, Saqqara.
SASAE - Supplements aux annales du service des antiquitis de I'tg)Tte, Cahier,
Cairo.
Wb. - W6rterbuch.
WZKM - Wiener ZeitschfiftfiIr die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vienna.
ZAS - ZeitschriftjurAgyptische Sprache undAltertumskunde, Leipzig, Berlin.
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