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Limestone statue of Kai

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 1741

Limestone statue of Kapunisut Kai wearing kilt, short wig, and a collar; eyes inlaid; left hand resting against his chest; right hand on his thigh. Son Shepseska shown standing by his right leg, with daughter Nefretankh kneeling embracing her father's left leg; inscription on base; painted.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_5332
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    G 1741, serdab
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    56.0 x 25.0 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_99128
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/19470
  • Zahi Hawass excavation number
    ZH_exc_282
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Owner
    Kapunisut Kai (G 4651 and G 1741)
  • Attested
    Nefretankh (in G 4651 and G 1741)
    Shepseska (in G 1741)
  • Notes
    Discovered 1992
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): SR 2/ 19470; EMC_JE_99128; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Kapunisut Kai (G 4651 and G 1741), Nefretankh (in G 4651 and G 1741), Shepseska (in G 1741), Zahi Hawass; RELATED SITE(S): G 1741; RELATED MEDIA: AAW2130

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1741

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Hawass, Zahi. "Unique Statues at Giza V: The Exceptional Statue of the Priest Kai and His Family." In Khaled Daoud, Shafia Bedier & Sawsan Abd el-Fatah, eds. Studies in Honor of Ali Radwan. Supplément aux Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, no. 34. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2005, pp. 27–29, figs. 2-11; Hawass, Zahi. ed. The Treasures of the Pyramids. Vercelli: White Star Publishers, 2003, p. 223; Hawass, Zahi. "Zahi Hawass talks to KMT about matters on the Giza Plateau (Interview)." KMT 8, no. 2 (Summer 1997), p. 22

People 3

Ancient People

  • Kapunisut Kai (G 4651 and G 1741)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 4651 and G 1741. Architectural elements (in G 4651), including chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel, and north and south false doors inscribed for Kai; also appears (in G 4651) in chapel relief, west and south walls, and chapel entrance north and south door jambs, and chapel facade (panels of relief on either side of chapel entrance), identified as [rx nswt sS a nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA jmj-r prw mswt nswt wab nswt sAb sS aprw] royal acquaintance, royal document scribe, overseer of ka-priests, overseer of the houses of the king's children, royal wab-priest, juridicial scribe of the crews; in situ in G 4651. Also appears (in G 4650) on false door inscribed for Iabtet (owner of G 4650), lower north and south inner jambs, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA nb jmAx kAj] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests, possessor of reverence, Kai; in situ in G 4650. Architectural elements (in G 1741) inscribed for Kai; also seated group statue (Cairo JE 99128) inscribed for Kai and two of his children, Nefretankh and Shepseska; Kai identified as [sAb sS sqd n wjA] juridicial scribe, rower of a boat); found in situ in G 1741 serdab.

  • Nefretankh (in G 4651 and G 1741)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Kapunisut Kai (owner of G 4651 and G 1741). Appears (in G 4651) on south false door inscribed for Kai, north jamb; in situ in G 4651. Depicted (in G 1741) on seated group statue (Cairo JE 99128) inscribed for Kai and two of his children, Nefretankh and Shepseska; found in situ in G 1741 serdab.

  • Shepseska (in G 1741)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Kapunisut Kai (owner of G 4651 and G 1741). Depicted (in G 1741) on group statue (Cairo JE 99128) inscribed for Kai and two of his children, Nefretankh and Shepseska; Shepseska identified as [sS] scribe; found in situ in G 1741 serdab.