Archaeology & Antiquities
Seated Statue of Nykara
Sculpture
Details
- Author / creator
- Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE) or later
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- 2408–2377 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 53.4 × 20.5 × 28 cm
- Site or findspot
- Thebes (Luxor), Egypt
- Cultural period
- Ancient
- Place of origin
- Egypt
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1964
About this object
This statue inscribed on the base for the chief of the granary, Nykara, comes from the same tomb as the false door. A statue of granite was an expensive commodity. Monumental red granite was quarried at Aswan in the south of Egypt and had to be shipped more than five hundred miles downstream to Nykara's tomb in the area of Memphis.
Materials and technique
Red granite and pigment
