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Seated Statue of Nykara
2408-2377 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Seated Statue of Nykara
- Date Created: 2408-2377 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
- Provenance: Probably Saqqara. Khawam Brothers, Paris (1932-35); Fahim Kouchakji, New York (1951). Purchased from Vincent Diniacopoulos, Montreal
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.90
- Medium: red granite and pigment
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Niuserra or later, 2408-2377 BC
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: Egypt - Old Kingdom
- Accession Number: 1964.90
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