Seated Statue of Nykara
-2408–-2377
- Medium
- red granite and pigment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE) or later
About
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.