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Headless limestone standing statue of Ptahshepses

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3 of 3 • Fragmentary limestone standing statue inscribed for Ptahshepses from mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 2 (S 2) (quarter view proper right): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 7503
Cemetery G 5000: mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 1 (S 1), statues (including, Hildesheim 2140, 2141, 2144, Cairo JE 43961, 43963, 43964, 43966, KHM Vienna ÄS 7499, 7500, 7508) in situ, serdab 2 (S 2) (background), statue inscribed for Ptahshepses (KHM Vienna ÄS 7503) in situ, looking E
Cemetery G 5000: mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 1 (S 1), statues (including, Hildesheim 2140, 2141, 2144, Cairo JE 43961, 43963, 43964, 43966, KHM Vienna ÄS 7499, 7500, 7508) in situ, serdab 2 (S 2) (background left), statue inscribed for Ptahshepses (KHM Vienna ÄS 7503) in situ, looking SE
Fragmentary limestone standing statue inscribed for Ptahshepses from mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 2 (S 2) (quarter view proper right): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 7503

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Ptahshepses [I]

Headless painted limestone standing statue of Ptahshepses [I], identified as [sHD Hmw-kA] inspector of ka-priests. schreitender Mann auf beschriftetem Sockel, am schmalem, sich nach oben verjüngendem Rückenpfeiler

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_7503
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 2 (S 2)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    41 x 12.1 x 17.1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_7503
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 6
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Owner
    Ptahshepses [I] (Ptahshepses [I])
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Gîza, östlicher Serdâb der Mast. des Schepsesptah (S 338/339), Grabung Junker 1913 Erwerb: 1913 durch Fundteilung, 1914 inventarisiert; "sämtliche unter 1914 angeführte Gegenstände sind Geschenk der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien und kommen aus den Grabungen Junker bei den Pyramiden 1912–1913 (Inv.N°. 7498–7925)" NegNr-1: II 8610 NegNr-2: III 18671, Vorderseite, III 18672, rechte Seite, III 18673, Hinterseite, III 18674, linke Seite, Haller 1984;
  • Remarks
    Excavated February 25, 1913

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Jaroš-Deckert, Brigitte. Statuen des Alten Reiches. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 15. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1993, pp. 50-53.

    H. JUNKER, Vorläufiger Bericht über die zweite Grabung bei den Pyramiden von Gizeh vom 16. Dezember 1912 bis 24. März 1913, in: AnzWien 14 (1913) 33, 38.

    H. JUNKER, Giza VII (1944) 93-95, 109, Abb. 10 unten auf S. 95, Taf. 21b.

    Porter & Moss III, p. 151.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ptahshepses [I] (Ptahshepses [I])

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Ptahshepses [I] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone standing statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7503) inscribed for Ptahshepses, identified as [sHD Hmw-kA] inspector of ka-priests, and limestone standing pair statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7501) inscribed for Ptahshepses and his wife Redines; found in situ in mastaba of Ptahshepses [I] serdab 2 (S 2).

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1