Unpublished Non-Royal Statue of Wrirn(y) at Beni-Suief Museum (No. 1629) (original) (raw)
Related papers
Created for Eternity. Statues and serdabs in the late Fifth Dynasty tombs at Abusir South
The perfection that endures…’ Studies on Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. K. O. Kuraskiewicz, E. Kopp and D. Takács. Warsaw, University of Warsaw: 61-76., 2018
The recent exploration by the Czech mission in Abusir South brought to light a family cemetery of high officials and solar priests from the late Fifth Dynasty. This cemetery included mastabas and rock-cut tombs with courtyards, and the majority of these tombs contained serdabs for the owners’ statues. More than twenty unique statues were discovered on this site, some of them almost complete, while others were in fragments. This articles aims to explore the discovered serdabs and statues in the context of the Fifth Dynasty evidence and place it within the context of the social and religious changes of the late Fifth Dynasty, especially during the time of King Nyuserra.
A unique piece of Old Kingdom art: the Funerary Stela of Sekhemka and Henutsen from Abusir South
Aegypten und Levante, 2021
The excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in the spring of 2018 brought to light a remarkable stela (Exc. No. 1/AS104/2018) with an offering table scene and two engaged statues depicting a couple (Sekhemka and Henutsen). The object also contains a list of sacred oils and two offering formulae (the usual Htp-dj-nswt and an unparalleled one, Htp-dj-nTr). Moreover, the polychromy is partially preserved. The article presents the stela’s archaeological context and description, polychrome reconstruction and discussion concerning its dating and the social standing of its owners. In the context of Old Kingdom art, the stela is interpreted as a peculiar combination of elements pertinent to false doors and statues. Parallels which could help explain these features are scarce. This stela provides evidence for the origin of the false door in early Egyptian shrines, and the subsequent development of two distinct architectural forms, the false door and the statue shrine (naos). Keywords: Abusir South; limestone stela; Fifth Dynasty; statue niche; engaged statues; offering scene; colour reconstruction; offering formulae; wab-priest of the king; scribe of the treasury; social status; analogies
Khafre, the 4th. dynasty , Old Kingdom and The political symbolism of the art of statue sculpture
Journal of Archaeological Research and Studies , 0
He is King Khafre (Chephren) (2558 - 2532 BCE), One of the kings of the Fourth Dynasty. His father was King Khufu, and his son Menkaure, these are kings of the era of the Old Kingdom, This was the era of the pyramid builders, which was considered the most prosperous era of ancient Egypt, during which Egypt enjoyed prosperity and stability, and This became clear in the sculpture creations of the Fourth Dynasty, including the statue of King Khafre, the subject of research, and of course this is considered a fundamental reason for choosing this beautiful artifact, as a subject of research, from the masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Ancient Egyptian art was based on religious beliefs, and even Egyptian civilization in general relied heavily on ancient religious thought that was formulated by the priests in ancient Egyptian myths, and the glorification of the idea of the divine king on earth. Therefore, the idea of the divinity of the king appeared on earth, and that the king is a god who rules Egypt with divine legitimacy. The philosophical perspective of sculpting the statue in general supports the symbolism of the ideal sculpture of the king as an absolute ruler of the country
M. Bárta / F. Coppens / J. Krejcí (eds.), ABUSIR AND SAQQARA IN THE YEAR 2015, 2017
The paper presents a discussion concerning the identity of Iti, an official attested in the tomb of princess Sheretnebty in Abusir South. The up-to-date available evidence is summarised and analysed in this paper, in order to present the possible explanations for Iti’s identity, as either the princess’ husband or her offspring. In addition the production of non-royal statues and their prefabrication in a workshop without commissioning is discussed. Keywords: Old Kingdom – Abusir South – rock-cut tomb – serdab – statuette – Sheretnebty – Iti