Objects of Provenance Not Known: Statues
by
Jaromir Malek, Diana Magee and Elizabeth Miles
Royal statues. ED to end of Dyn. XVII
800-150-900 to 800-602-500 (pages 1-42 of the printed version)
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© Griffith Institute, Oxford
ROYAL STATUES
Including sphinxes
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD
Dynasties I-II
Including later commemorative statues
Ninuter
800-150-900
Statuette of Ninuter seated wearing heb-sed cloak, calcite(?), formerly in G.
Michaelidis colln., then in J. L. Boele van Hensbroek colln. in 1962.
Simpson, W. K. in JEA 42 (1956), 45-9 figs. 1, 2 pl. iv.
Send
800-160-900
Statuette of Send kneeling with vases, bronze, probably made during Dyn. XXVI,
formerly in G. Posno colln. and in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, in 1883, now in Berlin,
Ägyptisches Museum, 8433.
Abubakr, Abd el Monem J. Untersuchungen über die ägyptischen Kronen (1937), 27 Taf.
7; Roeder, Äg. Bronzefiguren 292 [355, e] Abb. 373 Taf. 44 [f]; Wildung, Die Rolle
ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt i, 51 [Dok. xiii. 60] Abb. iv [1]. Name,
Gauthier, Livre des Rois i, 22 [vi]. See Antiquités égyptiennes ... Collection de M. Gustave
Posno (1874), No. 53; Hôtel Drouot Sale Cat. May 22-6, 1883, No. 53; Stern in
Zeitschrift für die gebildete Welt 3 (1883), 287; Ausf. Verz. 303; von Bissing in
Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung xxxviii
(1913), 259 n. 2 (suggests from Memphis).
Not identified by texts
800-195-000
Head of royal statue, perhaps early Dyn. I, in London, Petrie Museum, 15989.
Petrie in Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland xxxvi (1906),
200 pl. xix; id. Arts and Crafts 31 figs. 19, 20; id. The Revolutions of Civilisation 15 fig.
7; id. in Anc. Eg. (1915), 168 view 4; id. in Hammerton, J. A. Universal History of the
World i, fig. on 40; id. The Making of Egypt 69 pl. xxxviii [13, 14]; Roe, F. G. in The
Connoisseur lx (1921), 154 fig. I on 153; Burlington Cat. (1922), 3 [11] pl. ii; Weigall,
Anc. Eg. ... Art fig. on 8 [2]; Lugn, Konst 19 fig. 28; Strömbom, S. Egyptens Konst 30
fig. 18; Murray, Sculpture 30-1 pl. v [1]; id. Splendour 13 pl. v; Galassi, Tehenu e le origini
mediterranee della civiltà egizia 113 fig. 98; Pijoán, Summa Artis iii (1945), 49 figs. 69-71
(as from Hierakonpolis); Pirenne, Hist. civ. i, 355 pl. 4 facing 21; Kantor, H. in
Mellink, M. and Filip, J. Frühe Stufen der Kunst 254 Abb. 220; Page, Sculpture No. 1
figs.; Davis, W. The Canonical Tradition in Ancient Egyptian Art 186 fig. 6.33 (as
probably Dyn. II); L'Egypte des millénaires obscurs (Marseille, Musée de la Vieille
Charité, 1990), 105 [388] fig. on 95; Rice, M. Egypt's Making 115 pl. 59; Autuori, J.
C. in Revista de Arqueología xvii [183] (1996), fig. on 13 [lower]. See Handbook ...
University College (1915), No. 222 [5th item]. (Selected references.)
Pedestals consisting of heads of foreigners.
See also non-royal statues of the Old Kingdom, heads of foreigners.
800-195-910
Fragment of pedestal(?) of presumably royal statue, head of foreigner, calcite,
probably Dyn. II, in Cairo Mus. JE 40291.
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein ii, 91 Taf. vi [49], cf. vii [50] (as probably Dyn. III). See
Vandier, Manuel iii, 594 (as Middle Kingdom).
800-196-000
Pedestal of presumably royal statue, four heads of foreigners, calcite, probably Dyn.
II, in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 6300.
Wildung in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xxxi (1980), 260 Abb. 1; id. Ägypten vor den
Pyramiden 44 Abb. 46; id. Fünf Jahre Neuerwerbungen der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer
Kunst München 1976-1980, 6 fig.; Eggebrecht, Das Alte Ägypten fig. on 421 [lower];
Schoske and Wildung, Äg. Kunst München 148 cover; Durand, A. et al. in Archéologia
256 (April 1990), fig. on 48-9; L'Egypte des millénaires obscures (Marseille, Musée de la
Vieille Charité, 1990), 105 [389] fig. on 93; Schoske, S. (ed.), Staatliche Sammlung
Ägyptischer Kunst München (1995), 44 Abb. 43; id. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst
und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten (1997), 21 [6] fig. (as limestone).
OLD KINGDOM
Dynasties III-VIII
Including later commemorative statues
Neterikhet (Djoser)
800-204-900
Seated, lower part, dedicated by Sesostris II, black granite, in Berlin, Ägyptisches
Museum, 7702.
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, 73 Abb. 19; Wildung, Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im
Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt i, 59-60 [Dok. xvi. 20] Abb. iv [2]. Text, Aeg. Inschr. i, 144.
See Ausf. Verz. 81; Vandier, Manuel iii, 581.
Snefru
800-215-900
Standing, lower legs lost, Ptolemaic, in London, British Museum, EA 1666.
Wildung, Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt i, 151-2 [Dok. xx.
470] Abb. ix [2], x; H. W. Müller Archive 16 [69/2, 4, 6, 14, 16] (as Ptolemaic or
Roman Period and probably from Memphis).
Khephren
800-224-300
Fragment of seat with sm3-t3wj symbol, probably Khephren, in Cairo Mus. CG
1178. (Probably from Gîza.)
Borchardt in ZÄS xxxvi (1898), 10 Abb. 9. See id. Statuen iv, 91.
Neuserre
800-246-600
Double-statue of Neuserre, calcite, in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer
Kunst, ÄS 6794.
Wildung in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xxxv (1984), 221-5 Abb. 1-4; id. Ni-user-Rê.
Sonnenkönig - Sonnengott cover, Abb. 3-6; id. Die Kunst des alten Ägypten 82-3 Abb. 25;
Schoske and Wildung, Äg. Kunst München 149 [11] fig.; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra
Goddess of Ancient Egypt 128-9 [Cat. 65] figs. 238-40, 424, 610, 627, 643; Schoske, S.
Egyptian Art in Munich 8-9 [6] fig.; id. (ed.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst
München (1995), 44 Abb. 44; Seidel, M. Die königlichen Statuengruppen i, 54-6 [Dok. 29]
Taf. 19, 20; Willeitner, J. in Antike Welt 27 [5] (1996), 360 Abb. 6. Upper part,
Freed, R. E. in Schade-Busch, M. (ed.), Wege öffnen. Festschrift für Rolf Gundlach zum
65. Geburtstag 50-1 Taf. 2 [b, c].
800-246-900
Seated, lower part, dedicated by Sesostris I, black granite, formerly in Baron C. K.
J. von Bunsen colln., now in London, British Museum, EA 870.
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, 36 Abb. 7. Text, Lepsius, Auswahl Taf. ix [a-c]; Hiero.
Texts iv, pl. 2 [48]; Wilkinson MSS. xxiii. 177 [upper]. Cartouches of Neuserre,
Letronne in Rev. Arch. ii (1845-6), 203 n. 1 pl. 30 [left upper] (repr. from Journal des
Savants April 1845). See Sharpe, Eg. Antiq. 5-6 cf. fig. 5; Guide (Sculpture), 17 [48];
Guide, Eg. Collns. (1930), 298; Vandier, Manuel iii, 583.
Pepy I (Meryre)
800-264-100
Statuette of Pepy I seated wearing white crown and heb-sed dress, with hawk on back
of throne, calcite, in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 39.120.
Brooklyn Mus. Ann. Rep. 1946 fig. on front cover; Brooklyn Mus. Bull. viii [6] (March
1947), 4th-5th pp. with fig. on 5th [right]; The Illustrated London News Jan. 25, 1947,
119 figs. [top right, and middle]; Ranke, Meisterwerke der ägyptischen Kunst 10, 26 Abb.
19; Aldred, C. Old Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt (1949), 38-9 pls. 62-3; id. Eg. Art 95
fig. 54; id. in Leclant, Le Temps des Pyramides 204-5 fig. 202; Sainte Fare Garnot in
BSFÉ 8 (1951), 9 fig. on 8; Eg. Art ... Brooklyn figs. 21; Daumas in BIFAO lii (1953),
165 pls. ii [right], iii; id. Civ. de l'Ég. pls. 189-90; Pritchard, Anc. Near East 294 fig.
379; Schweitzer, Das Wesen des Ka [etc.], Taf. iii [c]; Wolf, Kunst 177-8 Abb. 146;
Hornemann, Types iii, pl. 767; Smith, Art ... Anc. Eg. (1958), 80 pl. 55; (1981), 144
fig. 139; Vandier, Manuel iii, 556 pl. viii [1] (from Aldred); Morenz, Gott und Mensch
im alten Ägypten (1964), Abb. 2; (1984), Taf. 10; id. Die Heraufkunft des transzendenten
Gottes in Ägypten in Sitzungsberichte der sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
Philol.-hist. Kl. 109 [2] (1964), 22 Abb. 2; Drioton and du Bourguet, Les Pharaons à
la conquête de l'art 122 pl. 24 [lower]; Woldering, Götter 219 [Kat. 13]; Westendorf, Das
Alte Ägypten fig. on 59; Michalowski, Art fig. 257; Barta in Festschrift Ägyptisches
Museum Berlin 53-4 Taf. 2; Fazzini, Images for Eternity fig. 9; id. in KMT 4 [4] (1993),
79, 81 figs. on 79 [lower middle and lower right]; id. in Minerva 5 [1] (Jan.-Feb.
1994), 43 fig. 1 on 40; Suzuki, Sculpture 131 [39] fig. [upper right]; Eggebrecht, Das
Alte Ägypten fig. on 130; Hart, Pharaohs and Pyramids pl. 96; Sourouzian in Berger et
al. (eds.), Hommages à Jean Leclant i, 510 [10] fig. 1 [b]; Robins, G. The Art of Ancient
Egypt (1997), 64-5 figs. 60-1; Romano, J. F. in Fazzini, R. A. et al. Art for Eternity.
Masterworks from Ancient Egypt (1999), 25 fig. 10. Back, Makram, R. Kulturgeist und
Kulturleib Abb. 15; Fischer, The Orientation of Hieroglyphs i, 29-30 fig. 30; id. L'écriture
73, 75 pl. 14; Baines in BSFÉ 118 (1990), 20 fig. 9 (from Fischer) (as 51.15). Crown,
see Sourouzian, H. in MDAIK 44 (1988), 240 fig. 2 [h]. Discussion of repairs,
Gorelick, L. et al. in Bull. Egyptol. Seminar 11 (1991-2), 33-46 pls. 1-8. Text, James,
Corpus i, 25-6 [63] pl. xxiv. See Cooney in Actes du XXIe congrès international des
orientalistes, Paris, 23-31 Juillet 1948, 75 [2]. (Selected references.)
800-264-101
Statuette of Pepy I kneeling holding two jars, green schist, in Brooklyn NY,
Brooklyn Museum of Art, 39.121.
Brooklyn Mus. Bull. viii [6] (March 1947), 5th p. fig. on 4th p. [right]; The Illustrated
London News Jan. 25, 1947, 119 fig. [middle left and bottom left]; Aldred, C. Old
Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt (1949), 38 pls. 60-1; id. in Piggott, The Dawn of
Civilization 118 pl. 48; id. Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom (1965), 120 fig. 121; id.
in Leclant, Le Temps des Pyramides 204 fig. 314; id. Eg. Art 96 fig. 55; Vandier, Eg.
Sculpture pl. 38; id. Manuel iii, 556 pl. viii [3] (from Aldred); Eg. Art ... Brooklyn fig. 20;
Pritchard, Anc. Near East 294 fig. 380; Hornemann, Types iii, pl. 572; Wolf, Kunst 177
Abb. 145; Lloyd, S. The Art of the Ancient Near East fig. 26; Morenz, Gott und Mensch
im alten Ägypten (1964), Abb. 3; (1984), Taf. 9; id. Die Heraufkunft des transzendenten
Gottes in Ägypten in Sitzungsberichte der sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
Philol.-hist. Kl. 109 [2], 22 Abb. 1; Drioton and du Bourguet, Les Pharaons à la conquête
de l'art 122 pl. 24 [upper]; Woldering, Götter 219 [Kat. 14]; Westendorf, Das Alte
Ägypten fig. on 60; Suzuki, Sculpture fig. on 131 [upper middle]; Seidel and Wildung
in Vandersleyen, Das Alte Ägypten 228 Abb. 143 [b]; Clayton and David in Popular
Archaeology 2 [8] (Feb. 1981), fig. on 20 [lower]; Bothmer in Expedition 24 [2] (Winter
1982), 37 fig. 25; Spanel, Through Ancient Eyes Cat. 8 figs.; Grimal, Histoire de l'Égypte
ancienne 119 fig. 32; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra Goddess of Ancient Egypt 162 [Cat. 90]
figs. 297, 463, 652; Hart, Pharaohs and Pyramids pl. 97 (as probably from Dendera);
Russmann, E. R. in MDAIK 51 (1995), 272-3 Taf. 54; Roehrig, C. H. in Minerva 10
[3] (May-June 1999), 8 fig. 5 on 10; Romano, J. F. in Fazzini, R. A. et al. Art for
Eternity. Masterworks from Ancient Egypt (1999), 20 fig. 7 (as probably from Upper
Egypt). Upper part, Steindorff, A Royal Head 15 [30] pl. 17; Aldred in MM J 3
(1970), 29 fig. 1; Fay, B. in Kunst des Alten Reiches. Symposium im Deutschen
Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991 (1995), 77 Taf. 25 [a]; id. The
Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 54 pl. 70 [b]. Text, James, Corpus i, 25 [62] pl. xxiv. See
Cooney in Actes du XXIe congrès international des orientalistes, Paris, 23-31 Juillet 1948,
75-6 [3]. (Selected references.)
Merenre I (Nemtiemsaf)
800-267-300
Small sphinx holding jars, inscribed on base, 'beloved of the god lord of the Great
Mansion', schist, formerly in J. W. Larking, Lady Alford and Lord Brownlow collns.,
and at Christie's in 1984, now in Edinburgh, Royal Museum of Scotland, 1984.405.
Christie Sale Cat. July 11, 1984, No. 176 figs.; Bourriau in JEA 72 (1986), 180 [29]
pl. xv [1, 4]; Aldred in Baines et al. Pyramid Studies and Other Essays Presented to I. E.
S. Edwards 41-7 pl. 10; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 18-19, 57, 64 [13] fig. 7 [c]
pl. 84 [a, b, d]; Wilkinson MSS. xxiii. 86 [top left]. See Rawlinson, G. History of
Herodotus ii (1880), 263 n. 1.
800-267-600
Small sphinx, '[beloved of] the Souls of Heliopolis', red stone, formerly in V.
Golenishchev colln. 2746, now in Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, I.1.a
4951.
Mal'mberg and Turaev, Opisanie 78 [117] figs. 9, 10.
Pepy II (Neferkare)
800-270-100
Statue, Pepy II seated on the lap of mother Ankhnesmeryre II n-n.s-mrjj-r
II (wife of Pepy I), calcite, in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art,
39.119.
Brooklyn Mus. Bull. viii [6] (March 1947), 4th p. with fig. on 5th [left]; The Illustrated
London News Jan. 25, 1947, 119 fig. [top left]; Eg. Art ... Brooklyn fig. 19 (as No.
39.120); Anthes, R. Aegyptische Plastik in Meisterwerken (1954), Taf. 20; Hornemann,
Types v, pl. 1272; Wolf, Kunst 187 Abb. 147; id. Frühe Hochkulturen. Ägypten,
Mesopotamien, Ägäis 43 Abb. 33; Smith, Art ... Anc. Eg. (1958), 80 pl. 56 [A]; (1981),
144 fig. 140; Vandier, Manuel iii, 556 pl. viii [4]; Senk in Forschungen und Fortschritte 33
(1959), 275 Abb. 10; Montet, Eternal Egypt pl. 44; id. Lives of the Pharaohs fig. on 39;
Woldering, Götter 86 Abb. 38; Wenig, Die Frau pl. 16; Handbook (1967), 54-5 fig.;
Brief Guide (1970 and 1974), 30-1 fig.; Fazzini, Art from the Age of Akhenaten 7 fig. 3;
id. Images for Eternity Cat. 19 fig.; Seidel and Wildung in Vandersleyen, Das Alte
Ägypten 228 Abb. 144; id. in Égypte Éternelle No. 17 fig.; M. S[eidel] in Äg. Kunst ...
Brooklyn No. 17 fig.; Swan Hall in JARCE xiv (1977), 55 pl. xxiv [3]; Altenmüller in
Mannheimer Forum 77/78 (1978), 221-3 Abb. 20; Vilímková, M. Starovký Egypt fig.
28; Wildung, Egyptian Saints. Deification in Pharaonic Egypt fig. 13; Joel, S. and Bianchi,
Egyptian Treasures No. 2 pl.; Bianchi, Anc. Eg. Sculpture Cat. 9 pl.; Aldred, Eg. Art 96
fig. 53; id. in Piggott, The Dawn of Civilization 119 pl. 51; id. in Leclant, Le Temps des
Pyramides 205 fig. 203; J. F. R[omano] in Neferut net Kemit No. 15 fig.; id. in Phillips,
T. (ed.), Africa. The Art of a Continent Cat 1.27 fig.; E. M[artin]-P[ardey] in Schmitz,
B. Nofret - die Schöne. Die Frau im Alten Ägypten (Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim, 15. Juli - 4. November 1985), Cat. 105 fig.; Wimby, D. in Van Sertima, I.
(ed.), Black Women in Antiquity [= Journal of African Civilizations 6 [1] (April 1984)], 40
fig.; Desroches Noblecourt, La Femme au temps des Pharaons pl. 6; Canby, J. V. in
Canby et al. (eds.), Ancient Anatolia ... Essays in Honor of Machteld J. Mellink 58 fig. 5-5;
Bonhême and Forgeau, Pharaon. Les secrets du pouvoir fig. 30; Masterpieces in The
Brooklyn Museum (1988), No. 4 fig.; J. F. R[omano] in Fazzini, Anc. Eg. Art No. 15
fig. = Anc. Eg. Art [CD-ROM] (1995), 015, 015.d1-3 figs.; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra
Goddess of Ancient Egypt 168-9 [Cat. 96] figs. 306-9, 472, 629, 644; Seipel,Gott,
Mensch, Pharao Kat. 16 fig.; Roehrig, C. H. in Capel, A. K. and Markoe, G. E. (eds.),
Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient Egypt 17 fig. 8 [a]; Bryan, B.
M. in ib. 29 fig. 6; Sinclair, A. in Antiquity 71 (1997), 730 fig. on 731 [upper left];
Robins, G. The Art of Ancient Egypt (1997), 67 fig. 62; Roehrig, C. H. in Minerva 10
[3] (May-June 1999), 8 fig. 6 on 10 (as 39.199); Malek, J. Egyptian Art (1999), 112 fig.
58 (as probably from Saqqâra); Cody, M. E. in Fazzini, R. A. et al. Art for Eternity.
Masterworks from Ancient Egypt (1999), 54-5 [15] figs. (as probably from Upper Egypt).
Upper part, Mat'e, Iskusstvo (1961), 92 fig. 42; Eggebrecht, Das Alte Ägypten fig. on
58. Head of the King, Pritchard, Anc. Near East 294 fig. 381. Text, James, Corpus
i, 28 [68] pls. iv, xxv. See Cooney in Actes du XXIe congrès international des orientalistes.
Paris, 23-31 Juillet 1948, 75 [1]. (Selected references.)
Not identified by texts
800-295-500
Bust, wearing nemes, calcite, early Dyn. VI, in Athens, National Archaeological
Museum, 120.
Bothmer in SAK 6 (1978), Taf. vi; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra Goddess of Ancient Egypt
146 [Cat. 79] figs. 41, 273, 444, 651 (as late Dyn. V or early Dyn. VI); Tzachou-Alexandri, O. The World of Egypt in the National Archaeological Museum (1995), 81 [iii,
1] fig. See Loukianoff in La semaine égyptienne (1937), Nos. 17-18, p. 27; id. in
Arkhailogike Ephemeris (1937), 767 [3]; id. in Bull. Inst. Ég. xxi (1938-9), 259 n. 1 [3]
(all as Dyn. XII).
800-296-000
Head of royal statue wearing round wig with circlet and uraeus, mid-Dyn. V, in
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 14396. (Bought at Gîza in 1899.)
Schäfer in ZÄS 41 (1904), 63-5 Abb.; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra Goddess of Ancient
Egypt 145 [Cat. 78] figs. 40, 271-2, 443, 650; Russmann, E. R. in Kunst des Alten
Reiches. Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober
1991 (1995), 117-18 Taf. 43 [c, d] (as probably Khufu); Finneiser, K. in GM 163
(1998), 53-70 figs.; Wildung, D. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft im
alten Ägypten (1997), 59 [42] fig. (as breccia).
800-296-500
Head of colossal royal statue wearing white crown, red granite, late Dyn. III or early
Dyn. IV, in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 46.167.
The Illustrated London News Jan. 25, 1947, 119 fig. [middle right]; Brooklyn Mus. Bull.
viii [6] (March 1947), 4th p. fig. [left]; Cooney in ib. ix [3] (Spring 1948), 1-12 figs.
1, 3, 4, 8; Aldred, C. Old Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt (1949), 29 pl. 13; Sainte Fare
Garnot, L'Égypte fig. on 77 [upper left]; Steindorff, A Royal Head 8-9 [18] pl. 7; Eg.
Art ... Brooklyn fig. 13; Wolf, Kunst 130-1 Abb. 89; Smith, Art ... Anc. Eg. (1958), 48
pl. 29 [A]; (1981), 86 fig. 79; Vandier, Manuel iii, 556 pl. i [6] (from Cooney); Terrace
in Boston Mus. Bull. lix (1961), 45 fig. 5; Daumas, Civ. de l'Ég. pl. 25; Handbook
(1967), 46-7 fig.; Brief Guide (1970 and 1974), 22-3 fig.; Fazzini, Images for Eternity Cat.
15 fig.; Seidel and Wildung in Vandersleyen, Das Alte Ägypten 220-1 Abb. 123; Karig
in Äg. Kunst ... Brooklyn No. 12 fig.; C. V[andersleyen] in Égypte Éternelle No. 12 fig.;
Bianchi, Anc. Eg. Sculpture Cat. 5 pl. (as Huni); Baines and Málek, Atlas fig on. 38
[upper near right]; Donadoni, S. L'Egitto (1981), fig. on 31; J. F. R[omano] in Neferut
net Kemit No. 9 fig.; id. in Fazzini, Anc. Eg. Art No. 9 fig. (as probably Khufu) = Anc.
Eg. Art [CD-ROM] (1995), 009 fig.; Eggebrecht, Das Alte Ägypten fig. on 421
[upper]; Wildung, D. in Assmann, J. and Burkard, G. (eds.), 5000 Jahre Ägypten.
Genese und Permanenz pharaonischer Kunst (1983), 38 Abb. 5; Wildung, Die Kunst des
alten Ägypten 35 Abb. 13; Stadelmann, Die großen Pyramiden von Giza Abb. 158 (as
probably Khufu and from Gîza); Lepre, J. P. The Egyptian Pyramids. A Comprehensive
Illustrated Reference fig. on 47 (as Huni); Hart, Pharaohs and Pyramids pl. 41; Callender,
G. The Eye of Horus. A History of Ancient Egypt 65 fig. 4.7 (as probably Khufu);
Clayton, P. A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs fig. on 38 [right] (as Huni); Manniche, L. L'Art
égyptien (1994), fig. on 53 [left]; Dodson, A. in KMT 9 [2] (1998), fig. on 35; Cody,
M. E. in Fazzini, R. A. et al. Art for Eternity. Masterworks from Ancient Egypt (1999), 44
[7] fig. (as perhaps Huni).
800-296-505
Upper part of king wearing nemes, arms lost, red granite, Dyn. V (possibly Neuserre),
in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 72.58.
Fazzini, Images for Eternity Cat. 18 fig.; J. K[arig] in Äg. Kunst ... Brooklyn No. 14 fig.;
C. V[andersleyen] in Égypte Éternelle No. 14 fig.; Bianchi, Anc. Eg. Sculpture Cat. 7 pl.;
J. F. R[omano] in Neferut net Kemit No. 12 fig.; Wildung, Ni-user-Rê. Sonnenkönig -
Sonnengott Abb. 9; Johnson, S. B. The Cobra Goddess of Ancient Egypt 130 [Cat. 66 b]
figs. 242, 426, 628, 641; Hart, Pharaohs and Pyramids pl. 76. See Bothmer in Brooklyn
Mus. Ann. xiv (1972-3), 12.
800-296-800
Head, probably end of Dyn. IV, in Brussels, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire,
E.7117.
Capart, Documents i, 7-8 pl. 5; Hornemann, Types ii, pl. 361; Tefnin, Statues 20-1
figs.; De Meulenaere and Limme in Balty, J.-C. et al. The Royal Museums of Art and
History Brussels. Antiquity (1988), fig. on 16 [right] (as possibly Shepseskaf). See
Vandier, Manuel iii, 556; Lefebvre, F. and Van Rinsveld, B. L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux
Coptes 36 (as possibly Shepseskaf).
800-297-000
Head of royal statue wearing white crown, probably Userkaf, in Cleveland OH,
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.2.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts xcv (1980), Suppl. March 1980, fig. 138 on 26; Lee in
Cleveland Mus. Bull. lxvii (1980), 59-60, 95 [1] fig. 1 on 63; Kozloff in ib. lxix (1982),
209-20, 222-3 figs. 1-3 and on p. 209 (front cover); id. in ARCE Newsletter 125
(Spring 1984), 5 fig. on 7th p. after 5; Silver, Guide to the Galleries (1981), 8 fig. 7;
Berman, L. M. in BSFÉ 134 (1995), 26 fig. 8; id. Catalogue of Egyptian Art 124-5 [69]
figs. and col. pl. 6 on 44 (as possibly from a pair-statue).
800-297-600
Upper part of lion-headed goddess (probably Bubastis), from pair-statue with [king],
calcite, probably Dyn. IV, in Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Pelizaeus-Museum (on loan from Freundeskreis Ägyptisches Museum Wilhelm Pelizaeus e.V.).
Seidel, M. Die königlichen Statuengruppen i, 10-12 [Dok. 2] Abb. 4 Taf. 2.
800-298-000
Head, with uraeus, of statuette of child, possibly Pepy II, calcite, in London, Petrie
Museum, 16876.
Page, Sculpture No. 18 figs. See Handbook ... University College (1915), No. 434 (2nd
item).
800-298-100
Head wearing nemes, probably Neuserre, diorite, in Los Angeles (Calif.), County
Museum of Art, 51.15.6.
Freed, R. E. in Schade-Busch, M. (ed.), Wege öffnen. Festschrift für Rolf Gundlach zum
65. Geburtstag 49-51 Taf. 1 [b, c].
800-298-600
Head of royal statue wearing white crown, chin lost, late Dyn. III or Dyn. IV, in
Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 7086.
Schoske in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xl (1989), 225-7, 234 Abb. 2; id. Staatliche
Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München (1995), 44 Abb. 42; Wildung, D. in Grimm, A.
et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten (1997), 56 [39] fig. on 57.
800-299-000
Upper part, diorite, probably Dyn. IV, in Paris, Drouot-Richelieu, on June 7, 1991.
La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot 100 [21] (May 24, 1991), fig. on 41 [middle] (as Dyn.
XII).
800-299-200
Bust, possibly Menkaure, gneiss, in private possession in Germany in 1985 and in
Switzerland in 1998, on loan to Basel, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig,
in 1998.
Wildung, Entdeckungen No. 16 fig.; Wiese, A. and Winterhalter, S. Ägyptische Kunst
im Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig 16 [15] fig.
Pedestals consisting of heads of foreigners.
800-299-680
Head, diorite, possibly Dyn. IV, formerly in Edward Smith colln. and in New York,
Sotheby Parke Bernet, in 1973.
Sotheby Parke Bernet (New York) Sale Cat. May 4, 1973, No. 209 fig.
DYNASTY XI
Not identified by texts
800-345-300
Head, quartzite, late Dyn. XI or XII, in Basel, Museum für Völkerkunde, III.8397.
Schweitzer in BIFAO l (1952), 119-32 pl. i [1-3]; Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 33-4 n.
32 fig. 9; Müller, M. in So lebten die Alten Ägypter (Sonderausstellung 1976-7), 21-4
figs. (as sandstone); id. in Geschenk des Nils No. 142 pl.; Wildung, Sesostris und
Amenemhet 194 Abb. 169.
800-345-500
King seated, probably Dyn. XI, formerly in G. Posno colln. and in Paris, Hôtel
Drouot, in 1883, then in Berlin Museum, 8431 (lost).
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, Taf. 1; ii, 94-5 Taf. viii [53] (as 1st Int. Period); Vandier,
Manuel iii, 581 pl. lv [6] (from Evers) (as Dyn. XII). See Antiquités égyptiennes ...
Posno (1874), No. 494; Hôtel Drouot Sale Cat. May 22-6, 1883, No. 494; Stern in
Zeitschrift für die gebildete Welt 3 (1883), 287-8; Ausf. Verz. 261; Habachi in ASAE lv
(1958), 180-1 n.2 = id. Studies on the Middle Kingdom 120-1 n.2; Barta, Das
Selbstzeugnis eines altägyptischen Künstlers 67; Russmann, Representation 56 [38].
800-345-900
Head, wearing nemes, probably Nebhepetre Mentuhotep, quartzite, in Bristol, City
of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, H 5038.
Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 33 n. 31 figs. 7, 8; Grinsell, Guide Catalogue 34 fig. 16;
Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 18-20 [8] fig. on 10.
800-346-500
Head, probably Nebhepetre Mentuhotep, quartzite, in Edinburgh, Royal Museum
of Scotland, 1965.2.
Aldred, in MMJ 3 (1970), 33 n. 31 fig. 6.
800-347-000
Head, of Sankhkare Mentuhotep or Amenemhet I, formerly in W. MacGregor colln.
and at Sotheby's in 1922, then in A. Gallatin colln., now in New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 66.99.3.
Cooney in JNES xii (1953), 3-4 [7] pls. vi, vii; von Bothmer, D. Ancient Art from
New York Private Collections (Cat. Exhib. ... Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dec. 17,
1959 - Feb. 28, 1960), 14 [64] pl. 20; Fischer in MMA Bull. N.S. xxv (1967), 258 fig.
5; Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 34-5 n. 34 figs. 10-12; Lilyquist in Notable Acquisitions
1965-1975 fig. on 67 [middle]; Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 39 fig. See Sotheby
Sale Cat. (MacGregor), June 26 - July 6, 1922, No. 1632.
MIDDLE KINGDOM
Dynasties XII-XIII
See also Dynasty XI, statues not identified by texts
Sesostris I (Kheperkare)
800-361-100
Fragment of back pillar, granite, in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 16678.
Text, Aeg. Inschr. i, 213.
800-361-600
Block-statue(?), 'beloved of Ptah south of his wall', mentioning father Amenemhet
(I) and Neferitatjenen Nfrj-t3tnn, King's mother, carnelian, formerly in
the Louvre but stolen in 1830 revolution.
Text, Champollion le Jeune, Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens [etc.]
(1828), 248-50 pl. xiv [1, 2]; parts, Gauthier, Livre des Rois i, 263 [xlii, A], 282
[lxxii]. See Champollion, Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du Musée Charles
X. (1827), 55-6 [D.14]; de Rougé, Notice des monuments (1883), 16 [middle].
Sesostris III (Khakaure)
800-364-100
Seated statue of Sesostris III 'beloved of Igai lord of the oasis', grey granite, in
Baltimore (Md.), Walters Art Gallery, 22.115.
Steindorff in Journal WAG iii (1940), 50-2 figs. 1, 3, 5, 6; id. Cat. 23 [30] pls. v, cx;
Vandier, Manuel iii, 579 pl. lx [2] (from Steindorff). Mention of god Igai, Fischer in
JNES xvi (1957), 232 n. 49.
800-364-398
Fragment with names of Sesostris III '[beloved of] Montu', possibly from throne of
seated statue of Sesostris III, black granite, in London, Petrie Museum, 14343.
Stewart, Eg. Stelae iii, 26 [90] pl. 37.
800-364-400
Lower part of seated statue of Sesostris III, basalt, in London, Petrie Museum, 14635.
Page, Sculpture No. 29 with figs.
800-364-500
Sphinx, forepaws lost, diorite (gneiss), in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
17.9.2. (Probably from Theban area.)
MMA Bull. xv (1920), 129 fig. 2; Capart, Documents i, 19 pl. 25; Evers, Staat aus dem
Stein i, Taf. 78-9; A Guide to the Collections, i (1934 and 1936), 10 fig.; Ranke, The Art
of Ancient Egypt and Breasted, Geschichte Aegyptens (1936), 95; Pavlov, Skul'pturni
portret 31 and 16th pl. at end; Steindorff in Journal WAG iii (1940), 48-9 fig. 4; id. A
Royal Head 19 [39] pl. 25; Scott, Egyptian Statues (1945), 7th pl.; Pijoán, Summa Artis
iii (1945), 192 fig. 256 (as Sesostris I); Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v [4] (Dec. 1946),
123 fig. on 122 [lower]; id. Scepter i, 198-9 fig. 119; Sainte Fare Garnot, L'Égypte fig.
on 82 [lower]; Lange, Sesostris 29, 30, 48 pls. 28-31; id. and Hirmer, Aegypten.
Architektur (1955 and 1957), pl. 106; (1967), pl. 111; Vandier, Manuel iii, 606 pl. lxviii
[6] (from Evers); de Rachewiltz, Incontro con l'arte egiziana 38 Tav. 23; Guide to the
Collections. Egyptian Art (1962), fig. 24; Yadin, The Art of Warfare [etc.] 152 fig.; Sée,
Naissance 298 fig.; Seidel and Wildung in Vandersleyen, Das Alte Ägypten 237 Abb.
163; Suzuki, Sculpture pl. 64; Demisch, Die Sphinx 22 Abb. 31; Michalowski, Égypte
fig. on 117; Liebling, Time Line of Culture in the Nile Valley [etc.], 1900 fig. [upper];
Edwards in Connaissance des Arts 377-8 (July-Aug. 1983), fig. on 66; E. R. R[ussmann]
in MMA Bull. N.S. xli [3] (Winter 1983-4), 16 [12] fig.; Wildung, Sesostris und
Amenemhet 198 Abb. 173; Habachi in MMJ 19/20 (1984-5), 11-16 figs. 1, 5-7, 8 [A];
Dorman et al. Egypt and the Ancient Near East fig. 27; Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat.
44 fig.; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 65 [30] pl. 87. Front part or head,
Hoyningen-Huene and Steindorff, Egypt (1943), fig. on 75; (1945), fig. on 83; Fischer
in Apollo lxxxii (1965), 174 fig. 7; Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 43 with n. 70, 45 figs. 25-6; id. in Leclant, Le Temps des Pyramides 212 fig. 341; Guide (1983), 96 [20] fig.; The
Egyptian Mummy. Secrets and Science No. 17 fig. See Bisson de la Roque, Rapport sur
les fouilles de Médamoud (1925) 32-3; Engelbach in ASAE xxviii (1928), 25-7. (Selected
references.)
800-364-700
Seated statue of Sesostris III, black granite, formerly in H. E. colln. and in Paris,
Drouot-Richelieu, in 1998, then in F. and M. Pinault colln. in 2002.
Apollo cxlviii [441] (Nov. 1998), Advertisements, fig. on 53; Malvoisin, A. in The Art
Newspaper 131 (Dec. 2002), 42 fig.
Amenemhet III (Nimaetre)
800-365-500
Lower part of seated statue of Amenemhet III 'beloved of Sobk[-Shedty]', white
quartz, in London, British Museum, EA 35361.
See Guide, 4th to 6th 122-3 [29] (as quartzite).
800-365-550
Fragment with nebty-name, from probably a statue of Amenemhet III, in London,
Petrie Museum, 14728.
800-365-700
Seated, incomplete, granite, in St Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, 729.
Golénischeff in Rec. Trav. xv (1893), 133-4 pls. i, ii [left], iii [left], iv [left];
Putevoditel' po zalam otdela Vostoka (1939), 20 fig. opp. 24; Mat'e, Iskusstvo Drevnego
Egipta ii. Srednee Tsarstvo (1941), frontispiece, pl. xxxiii; id. Iskusstvo (1958), 89 fig. 44;
(1970), 86 fig. 36; Kul'tura i iskusstvo Drevnego Egipta (1952), 14 [24] and 3rd pl.; Kratkii
putevoditel' po muzeyu (1952), 24 and 1st pl. [upper left]; Michalowski in Meander viii
(1953), 385 fig. on 384; Gubchevsky, A Short Guide (1955), 49 fig. 30; Pavlov and
Mat'e, Pamyatniki pls. 15, 16; Vandier, Manuel, iii, 601 pls. lxvii [3], lxviii [2] (from
Golénischeff); Shandrovskaya, V. S. Kul'tura i iskusstvo Blizhnego i Srednego Vostoka
[etc.] (1960), 16-17 fig. on 17; Woldering, Götter 107 Abb. 46; Lapis and Mat'e,
Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura 43 [6] fig. 14 pl. i (text); Fingaret, S. I. Iskusstvo Drevnego
Egipta v sobranii Ermitazha (1970), 30 fig. on 31; Shurinova, R. Iskusstvo Drevnego Egipta
pls. 55-6; Landa and Lapis, Eg. Antiq. pls. 21-2 (as porphyry); Fay, B. in MDAIK 44
(1988), 69, 71, 75-6 Taf. 25. Upper part, Maspero, Hist. anc. i, fig. on 445 [lower];
Breasted, A History of Egypt [etc.] (1905 and 1921), fig. 90; Mat'e, Iskusstvo (1961), 185
fig. 90; Aldred in Leclant, Le Temps des Pyramides 216 fig. 344; Polz, F. in MDAIK 51
(1995), 227-54 Taf. 52 [b]. Head, Ward, J. Pyramids and Progress 69 fig. [middle];
Petrie, A History of Egypt i (1894), fig. 108; (1923), fig. 112; Weigall, Anc. Eg. ... Art
fig. on 99 [upper]; Fay, B. in MDAIK 52 (1996), 132 Taf. 27 [f]. Text, Lieblein, Die
aegyptischen Denkmäler 3 [2]. See Golénischeff, Inventaire 84-5.
800-365-710
Standing, arms lost, granite, formerly in N. P. Likhachev colln., now in St
Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, 18113.
See Perepelkin, Yu. Ya. Opisanie vstavki "Pismennost' drevnego mira i rannego
srednevekov'ya" (1936), 14 [xi]; Lapis and Mat'e, Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura 43-4 [7]
pl. i (text).
800-365-800
Sphinx, head and forepaws lost, diorite, at Sotheby's in 1988 and at Christie's in
1990, then in L. Dubroff colln. in 1996 (on loan to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts).
Sotheby Sale Cat. Dec. 12, 1988, No. 76 fig. (as granite); Christie Sale Cat. July 11,
1990, No. 477 fig.; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 66 [39] pl. 89 [a-d].
Amenemhet IV (Makherure)
800-366-200
Forepaws and part of base of sphinx, sandstone, in Cairo Mus. CG 388 (JE 25775).
Borchardt, Statuen ii, 7 Bl. 61; Cherpion in Rev. d'Ég. 42 (1991), 34 fig. 11; Fay, B.
The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 68 [52] pl. 93 [e] (as quartzite and Amenemhet III and
IV); Cherpion, N. in Obsomer, C. and Oosthoek, A.-L. (eds.), Amosiadès. Mélanges
offerts au Professeur Claude Vandersleyen [etc.], 66 [7] pl. i [a]; H. W. Müller Archive 51
[18/48]. See Vandier, Manuel, iii, 586.
Sebekkare Neferusobk
800-367-500
Headless torso, red sandstone, in Paris, Musée National du Louvre, E.27135.
Desroches Noblecourt in La Revue du Louvre 24 (1974), 53-4 figs. 17-19 (as
quartzite); Gazette des Beaux-Arts lxxxiii (1974), Suppl. Feb. 1974, fig. 3 on 5 (as
quartzite); Delange, Cat. ... Moyen Empire 30-1 figs.; id. in Pharaonen und Fremde.
Dynastien im Dunkel. Rathaus Wien, Volkshalle, 8. Sept. - 23. Okt. 1994, Kat. 3 figs.;
Staehelin in BSÉG 13 (1989), 147, 151-2 Abb. 1; Chappaz in Les Dossiers d'archéologie
187 (Nov. 1993), fig. on 9; Berman, L. M. and Leteiller, B. Pharaohs. Treasures of
Egyptian Art from the Louvre 46-7 [7] fig. (as quartzite); Bryan, B. M. in Capel, A. K.
and Markoe, G. E. (eds.), Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient
Egypt 30 fig. 7; Callender, G. in KMT 9 [1] (1998), 51-2 fig. on 53 (as quartzite).
A King Sesostris (Dyn. XII)
800-367-600
Fragment of base with right foot on bows, '[beloved of] Seshet', diorite, in Paris,
Musée National du Louvre, A.F.9913.
Delange, Cat. ... Moyen Empire 51 fig.
Mentuhotep (Merankhre)
800-440-100
Standing, lower right leg, both feet and base lost, green schist, formerly in Lord
Prudhoe colln. 2164, now in London, British Museum, EA 65429. (Said to have come
from Karnak.)
Edwards in Cahiers d'Hist. Ég. Sér. iii [1] (Nov. 1950), 42-6 fig. on 43; Guide, Eg.
Collns. (1964), 42 fig. 15; Woldering, Götter 220 [Kat. 16] (as from Karnak); Hayes in
The Cambridge Ancient History, Plates to Vols. i and ii (1977), 71 [a] (as from Karnak);
James, Introduction 55 fig. 14; Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 67-8 [53] figs. on 54, 68;
Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 50 fig. (as from Thebes). See Vandier, Manuel, iii,
585; Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue Reattributed 11 n. 1, 28 [40] n. 33.
A King Sebkhotep (Dyn. XIII or XIV)
800-465-100
Kneeling with two jars, lower part, with text mentioning Atum lord of Heliopolis,
black granite, formerly in E. Brummer colln. and at Sotheby's in 1964, now in Berlin,
Ägyptisches Museum, 37/74. (Possibly from Heliopolis.)
Sotheby Sale Cat. (E. Brummer), Nov. 16-17, 1964, No. 98 fig. (as basalt). See
Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue Reattributed 29 [43].
Not identified by texts
Standing or striding.
800-471-200
Wearing nemes, hands on kilt, feet and base lost, Dyn. XIII, granite, in Berlin,
Ägyptisches Museum, 10337. (Bought in Luxor.)
Ägyptisches Museum 1823-1973 Abb. 10 (as Amenemhet III); Fay, B. in MDAIK 52
(1996), 119, 134, 140 [top] fig. 28. See Ausf. Verz. 81; Führer (1961), 52 (as probably
Amenemhet III).
800-471-500
Royal statue, nemes and arms lost, probably Amenemhet III, copper and other
materials, in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 6982. (Allegedly
from Hawâra.)
Schoske in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xxxix (1988), 207-10 Abb. 4, 5; id. in Antike Welt
21 (1990), 275 Abb. 2; Wildung, Die Kunst des alten Ägypten 110 Abb. 42; id. in
Schoske, S. (ed.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München (1995), 10 Abb. 5.
800-471-700
Lost below knees, probably Amenemhet III, green schist, in Paris, Musée National
du Louvre, N.464.
Devéria in Rev. Arch. N.S. iv (1861), 258-9 pls. xvi, xvii (repr. Bibl. Ég. iv, 219-20
pl. facing 209) (as basalt); de Rougé, E. Album photographique de la mission remplie en
Égypte ... 1863-1864 pls. 123-4 (as basalt); Maspero in Rayet, O. Monuments de l'art
antique Livraison II, pl. xiv [left] with pp. 1-2 (as basalt); id. Égypte 122 fig. 214 (as in
Cairo Mus.); id. Essais 247-8 fig. 83 [left] (as basalt); id. Eg. Art 195-6 pl. facing 196
[left]; Perrot and Chipiez, Hist. de l'Art i, 687 fig. 468; Richer, Le Nu 88 fig. 91 (as
basalt); Aldred, C. The Egyptians (1961), 250-1 pl. 31 (as Sesostris III); Delange, Cat.
... Moyen Empire 33-5 figs.; Fay, B. in MDAIK 44 (1988), 70-1 Taf. 27 [a];
Sourouzian, H. in ib. 248 fig. 8 [a] Taf. 73 [d]; G. P[orta] in Il senso dell'arte No. 21
fig.; Pierrat in Louvre. Guide to the Collections (1991), 102 [88] fig.; Seipel, Gott, Mensch,
Pharao Kat. 48 fig.; Andreu, G. L'Égypte au temps des pyramides (1994), 6th pl. after 106;
Berman, L. M. and Letellier, B. Pharaohs. Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre 44-5
[6] fig. (as greywacke); Berman, L. M. in Minerva 7 [2] (March-April 1996), 15 fig. 4
(as greywacke); Archives phot. E.994. See Pierret, Cat. No. 6; Boreux, Guide ii, 460
(as basalt); Vandier, Guide (1948 and 1952), 12 (as Sesostris III); (1973), 19; id. Manuel,
iii, 602 (as basalt).
800-471-720
Lower part, arms and lower legs lost, probably Amenemhet III, gabbro, in Paris,
Musée National du Louvre, A.F.2578.
Delange, Cat. ... Moyen Empire 46-7 figs. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 638 (as 1st half
of Dyn. XVIII).
Kneeling.
800-480-200
Kneeling with two jars, black granite, Dyn. XIII, in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum,
10645.
Müller, W. in Schätze der Weltkultur (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1980), fig. on 37
[left]; Führer durch das Bodemuseum (1985), 37 Abb. 18 (as Dyn. XIII-XIV); Finneiser,
K. in Äg. Mus. (1991), No. 33 fig. (as Dyn. XIII-XIV); D. W[ildung] in Pharaonen und
Fremde. Dynastien in Dunkel. Rathaus Wien, Volkshalle, 8. Sept. - 23. Okt. 1994, Kat.
53 fig. and col. pl. (as Dyn. XIII-XIV and possibly from Kerma). Upper part,
Bothmer in Brooklyn Mus. Ann. x (1968-9), 82-4 fig. 4. See ZÄS xxviii (1890), 54
(as 3rd Int. Period or Dyn. XXV); Ausf. Verz. 120 (as New Kingdom); Bothmer in
Boston Mus. Bull. lii (1954), 20 n. 23 (as Amenophis II); Vandier, Manuel iii, 613 (as
Amenophis II).
800-480-750
Statuette of kneeling king, probably Amenemhet III, headdress and arms lost, copper
with gold inlay, formerly in M. Templesman colln., then in G. Ortiz colln. in 1998.
(Allegedly from Hawâra.)
Lucie-Smith, E. in Telegraph Magazine Feb. 20, 1993, fig. on 19; Melikian, S. in
International Herald Tribune Feb. 27-8, 1993, fig. on 7 [lower right]; The George Ortiz
Collection. Antiquities from Ur to Byzantium (The State Hermitage Museum, St.
Petersburg, 17 Feb. - 11 April, 1993, etc.), No. 37 fig. and col. pl.; Eisenberg, J. M.
in Minerva 4 [1] (Jan.-Feb. 1993), fig. 2 on 10; In Pursuit of the Absolute. Art of the
Ancient World from the George Ortiz Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 20 Jan.
- 6 April 1994), No. 37 fig.; Ortiz, G. in Minerva 5 [1] (Jan.-Feb. 1994), 8 fig. on front
cover; Clayton, P. A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs fig. on 6; Forman, W. and Quirke, S.
Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt fig. on 88; Guimlia-Mair, A. in Antike Welt
27 [4] (1996), 316-21 Abb. 10-14; id. in Egyptian Archaeology 11 (1997), 35-6 fig. on
35 [upper]; Giumlía-Mair, A. and Quirke, S. in Rev. d'Ég. 48 (1997), 98, 101 pl. ix
[c]; A. W[iese] in Page-Gasser, M. and Wiese, A. B. Ägypten. Augenblicke der Ewigkeit
(1997), 73-4 [40] fig. on 71.
Upper parts or busts.
800-490-200
Bust, probably Sesostris II, diorite, in Baltimore (Md.), Walters Art Gallery, 22.351.
(Allegedly from Qena.)
Steindorff, Cat. 38 [98] pl. vii. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 580 (as probably
Amenemhet III); Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 41 n. 62.
800-490-300
Upper part of royal statue, probably Amenemhet III, serpentine, in Berlin,
Ägyptisches Museum, 11348.
Budapest. Äg. Kunst. No. 45 Abb. vi [1]; Prague. Egypt No. 45 fig.; Luft, Drei
Jahrtausende Ägyptische Kunst. Ausstellung ... Kunsthalle Rostock [Feb.-May 1971], 7th
Abb.; Wildung, D. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten
(1997), 62 [45] fig. See Ausf. Verz. 80 (as granite); Vandier, Manuel iii, 581; Führer
(1961), 53 (as Sesostris III or Amenemhet III).
800-490-400
Head and torso, black stone, Dyn. XII, in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art,
60.130.
See Brooklyn Mus. Ann. ii-iii (1960-2), 109.
800-490-500
Upper part of seated statue, probably Dynasty XIII, formerly in Lord Grenfell colln.
and at Sotheby's in 1917, then in London, Spink & Son Ltd., now in Brussels, Musées
Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.6342.
Chron. d'Ég. iv (1928-9), 30 fig.; Werbrouck in Bull. Mus. Roy. 3 Ser. i (1929), 92
fig. 3 (as New Kingdom); Dép. ég. Album pl. 9; Antiquités, Extrême-Orient, Ethnographie
(1958), No. 7 pl.; Tefnin, Statues 28-31 figs.; id. in Van Nijl tot Schelde Cat. 90 fig.
(both as probably from Saqqâra); De Meulenaere and Limme in Balty, J.-C. et al. The
Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels. Antiquity (1988), fig. on 10 (as probably
Neferhotep I); Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 51 fig. (as probably from Saqqâra); H.
W. Müller Archive 7 [96/30-1, 34]. See Sotheby Sale Cat. (Grenfell), Nov. 12-14,
1917, No. 26 (as probably Hatshepsut and from Saqqâra); Vandier, Manuel iii, 586 (as
probably Sesostris II); Lefebvre, F. and Van Rinsveld, B. L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux
Coptes 61.
800-490-600
Bust, probably Dyn. XIII, diorite, in Budapest, Szépmvészeti Múzeum, 51.2049.
Oroszlán, Z. and Dobrovits, Az Egyiptomi gyüjtemény. Vezet (1939), 106-7 [116] pl.
4; Varga and Wessetzky, Egyiptomi kiállítás. Vezet (1955), 17 pl. ix [1]; (1961), 16 pl.
vii; (1964), 15 pl. v; id. Az ókori Egyiptom. Kiállításvezet (1970), pl. 8; Varga in BSFÉ
36 (1963), 25 fig. on 26 [left]; id. Egyiptomi kiállítás. Vezet (1976), 21 fig. 10 (all as
Amenemhet II or III). See Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue Reattributed 13 n. 14 (as 2nd
Int. Period).
800-490-700
Upper part of seated statuette, basalt, Dyn. XIII-XVII, in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek, Æ.I.N. 594.
Schmidt, Choix (1910), 20-1 pl. vi [11]; id. Levende og Døde fig. 257; Mogensen, Coll.
ég. 6 [A 5] pl. iii (as Dyn. XII-XIII); Koefoed-Petersen, Cat. des statues 17-18 [24] pl.
25; Jørgensen, M. Egypt I (3000-1550 B. C.). Catalogue. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 16, 26,
208-9 [88] fig. (as granite); Marburg Inst. photo. 156457. See Schmidt, Den Æg.
Sam. (1899), 220-1 [A.139] (as Dyn. XXVI); (1908), 269-70 [E.152] (as Dyn. XXII);
Vandier, Manuel iii, 598.
800-490-800
Bust, probably Sesostris III, basalt, in Detroit (Mich.), Institute of Arts, 31.68.
M. A[ga]-o[glu] in Bull. Detroit Inst. xiii [3] (Dec. 1931), 26-7 fig. 1.
800-490-900
Upper part of seated statue, greywacke, Dyn. XIII, in Glasgow, Burrell Collection,
13.242.
Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 68-9 [54] figs. See Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue
Reattributed 13 n. 14 (as schist and 2nd Int. Period).
800-490-950
Bust, probably Sesostris III, granite, in Gotha, Schlossmuseum, Ae 1.
Würfel in Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 67 (1952), Beiblatt,
Archäologischer Anzeiger 38-47 Abb. 1-3; Ägypten und das Berliner Ägyptische Museum
(1954), 90 Taf. 10; (1955), 96-7 Taf. 10; Wenig, Ägyptische Sammlung (Museen der Stadt
Gotha. Schlossmuseum Schloss Friedenstein), No. 10 fig.; Wallenstein, U. Museen der Stadt
Gotha, Schlossmuseum. Ägypten 5.1, fig. on 2nd p. [right]; id. Ägyptische Sammlung 38-9
[3] figs. and pl. on 58 (as granodiorite); FERE photos. 6085-6. See *Bube, A. Das
Herzogliche Kunstkabinet zu Gotha (1869), vi, 1 [44]; *Schenk zu Schweinsberg, Kurze
Übersicht No. 24; Vandier, Manuel iii, 599 [i].
800-490-980
Upper part, black granite, perhaps late Dyn. XII or Dyn. XIII, in Houston (Tex.),
Museum of Fine Arts, 60.6.
The Art Quarterly xxv (1962), 165 fig. on 164 [bottom right].
800-491-100
Upper part, volcanic ash, probably Dyn. XIII, in London, British Museum, EA
26935.
Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 47, fig. (as schist and Amenemhet III). See Guide,
4th to 6th 122 [22] (as basalt and Amenemhet III); Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue
Reattributed 11 n. 1, 13 n. 14 (as schist and 2nd Int. Period).
800-491-110
Bust, from seated royal statue, probably Sesostris III, basalt, in London, British
Museum, EA 36298.
Hall, H. R. in JEA xv (1929), 154 pl. xxx (as slate). See Guide, 4th to 6th 122 [23]
(as Amenemhet III); Guide, Eg. Collns. (1930), 319 (as No. 36398); Vandier, Manuel
iii, 584 (as schist).
800-491-150
Upper part, grey granite, probably Middle Kingdom or 3rd Int. Period, in Lyons,
Musée des Beaux-Arts, H.1369.
800-491-200
Upper part of seated statue, probably Amenemhet III, black granite, formerly in V.
Golenishchev colln. 4151, now in Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, I.1.a
4757.
Golénischeff in Rec. Trav. xv (1893), 134-5 pls. ii [middle], iii [middle], iv [middle];
Mal'mberg and Turaev, Opisanie 1 [1] pl. i [3]; Pavlov, Ocherki po iskusstvu Drevnego
Egipta pl. ix; id. Skul'pturni portret 29 and 19th pl. at end; id. in Vestnik drevnei istorii,
1939, Nos. 3-4 (12-13), 352 fig. 4; id. Iskusstvo Drevnego Vostoka. Kratkii putevoditel'
(1941), 8 fig. on 10; id. Egipet. Putevoditel' (1945), 23 pl. 10 (as basalt); id. Egipetskaya
skul'ptura 31-4 pls. 6-9; id. and Mat'e, Pamyatniki pls. 18-20; id. and Khodzhash,
Egipetskaya plastika 18, 26, 103, 104 figs. 26, 29; Gosudarstvenni muzei izobrazitel'nkh
iskusstv imeni A.S. Pushkina. Zhivopis', skul'ptura, prikladnoe iskusstvo (1956), pl. 90;
Khodzhash in Byulleten' VOKS No. 8 (103) (Aug. 1956), pl. opp. 28 [lower left]; id.
(= Hodjache), Antiquités pl. 11; id. Iskusstvo Drevnego Vostoka (1973), pl. 11; Kratkii
putevoditel' po muzeyu (1956), 8-10 fig. 3; Vandier, Manuel iii, 608 pl. lxviii [1] (from
Golénischeff); Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs pl. i; Woldering, Götter 216 [Kat. 5];
Shurinova, R. Iskusstvo Drevnego Egipta pl. 57; Katsnel'son et al. Kul'tura drevnego Egipta
fig. 4; Jørgensen in Apollo cxiii (1981), 370 fig. 4; id. in Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek 37 (1981), 12, 16 fig. 8; Eisenberg, J. M. in Minerva 4 [1] (Jan.-Feb. 1993),
fig. 4 on 38; Begelsbacher, B. L. in Karabelnik, M. (ed.), Aus den Schatzkammern
Eurasiens. Meisterwerke antiker Kunst (Kunsthaus Zürich, 29. Januar bis 2. Mai 1993),
No. 161 fig.
800-491-210
Upper part, probably Amenemhet II or Sesostris II, granite, formerly in V.
Golenishchev colln. 3402, now in Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Mal'mberg and Turaev, Opisanie egipetskago sobraniya i. Statui i statuetki
Golenishchevskago sobraniya 1 [2] pl. i [2]; Pavlov in Vestnik drevnei istorii, 1939, Nos. 3-4
(12-13), 348-52 fig. 1 (as Sesostris I or Amenemhet II); Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx
[etc.], 60 pl. 80 [d] (as Sesostris II).
800-491-300
Upper part of royal statue, probably Amenemhet III, calcite, in Munich, Staatliche
Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 6762. (Said to come from el-Faiyûm.)
Altenmüller in Menschenbild No. 8 fig.; Wildung in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xxxiii
(1982), 190-3 Abb. 3-5; id. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst [1983], pl. on 13th
p.; id. Sesostris und Amenemhet 206 Abb. 180; id. in Assmann, J. and Burkard, G. (eds.),
5000 Jahre Ägypten. Genese und Permanenz pharaonischer Kunst (1983), 41 Abb. 8; id. in
Schoske, S. (ed.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München (1995), 9-10 Abb. 4;
id. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten (1997), 62 [46] fig.
on 63; Schoske and Wildung, Äg. Kunst München 150 [22-3] figs.; Äg. und moderne
Skulptur Cat. 48 fig.; Holthoer in Muinainen Egypti - hetki ikuisuudesta (Tampere,
Tampere Art Museum, 30.8.1993 - 2.1.1994), Cat. 102 fig. 32; Schoske, S. Egyptian
Art in Munich 17-18 [14] fig.
800-491-350
Bust, probably Amenemhet III, granite, in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
45.2.6.
Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v [4] (Dec. 1946), 123 figs. on 122 [upper] (as Sesostris
III); Fairservis, The Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile [etc.], fig. on 91; Aldred in MMJ 3
(1970), 48-9 with n. 81 figs. 32-3. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 608 (as Sesostris III).
800-491-500
Head wearing nemes and shoulders, red granite, Dyn. XII but re-worked later, in
Palo Alto (Calif.), Stanford University Museum, 66.372.
800-491-550
Bust, probably Amenemhet II, with cartouches of Ramesses II, granite, in St
Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, 6399.
Piotrovskii in Sbornik egiptologicheskogo kruzhka pri Leningradskom Gosudarstvennom
Universitete 7 (1931), 26-8 with 2 pls. (as Sesostris III and basalt); Fay, B. in GM 150
(1996), 51-9 pls. 1-7. See Lapis and Mat'e, Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura 42-3 [5] pl.
i (text).
800-491-595
Bust, probably Amenemhet III, basalt, in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum,
Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, ÄS 6.
Jaroš-Deckert, Statuen 1-5 figs.; Satzinger, H. in Jahrb. Wien 87, N.F. li (1991), 27
[130] Abb. 28. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 611 (as Sesostris III or Amenemhet III and
granite).
800-491-600
Bust, probably Sesostris II, granite, in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, ÄS 5776.
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein ii, 107 Taf. xiii [64]; Komorzynski, Altägyptens hohe Kunst
in Österreich in Wort und Bild 43 (1952), 47-8 Abb. 13; id. Altägypten 41-2 Abb. 29; id.
Erbe 124 Abb. 38; Marburg Inst. photos. 156526-7a; Vandier, Manuel iii, 611 (as Inv.
5576), pl. lxi [3] (from Evers); Jaroš-Deckert, Statuen 55-9 figs.; Seipel, Gott, Mensch,
Pharao Kat. 43 fig.; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 60 pl. 80 [c] (as granodiorite).
See Reinisch, Miramar 242 [31].
800-491-800
Upper part, probably Amenemhet III, copper, formerly in M. Templesman colln.,
then in G. Ortiz colln. in 1994. (Allegedly from Hawâra.)
Wildung in Pantheon xxxix (1981), 274 Abb. 6; id. Sesostris und Amenemhet Abb. 184
on 209; The George Ortiz Collection. Antiquities from Ur to Byzantium (The State
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 17 Feb. - 11. April 1993, etc.), No. 36 fig. and
col. pl. Without headdress, Art of the Ancient World. From the collection of George Ortiz.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, 20 Jan. - 6 April 1994. Exhibition Gallery Guide fig. on
2nd p.; In Pursuit of the Absolute. Art of the Ancient World from the George Ortiz Collection
(Royal Academy of Arts, London, 20 Jan. - 6 April 1994), No. 36 fig.; Phillips, J. in
Amarna Letters. Essays on Ancient Egypt ca. 1390-1310 B. C. iii (1994), 63 fig. on 60;
Reisinger, M. in Papyrus 17 (May 1996), 5 fig. on 4.
800-491-900
Upper part of seated statuette, granite, Dyn. XIII, at Sotheby's in 1989.
Sotheby Sale Cat. Dec. 11, 1989, No. 62 fig.
800-491-940
Bust, probably Amenemhet II, granodiorite, on the art market in 1985.
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 34-5 [6], 53 pls. 63-4, 66 [c, f]; id. in GM 150
(1996), 52 pls. 10, 11 on 62-3.
Heads.
Including those of sphinxes.
800-493-200
Wearing white crown, probably Sesostris III, red granite, in Berlin, Ägyptisches
Museum, 9529. (Bought at Thebes.)
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein ii, 109 Taf. xiii [66] (as 9526); Ägyptisches Museum 1823-1973 Abb. 9; Art Treasures. Exhibition ... Tokyo Cat. No. 31 figs. (as from Karnak);
Finneiser, K. in Äg. Mus. (1991), No. 32 fig. (as probably from Karnak); Wildung,
Egyptian Art in Berlin 15 fig. 11 (as probably from Karnak); Marburg Inst. photo.
67580. See Ausf. Verz. 80; Vandier, Manuel iii, 581 (as 9526); Führer (1961), 50.
800-493-210
Wearing short wig, black granite, probably Dyn. XIII, in Berlin, Ägyptisches
Museum, 13255.
Steindorff in ZÄS 53 (1917), 64 Abb. 10 (as queen of Dyn. XXV); Kaiser, Äg. Mus.
Berlin (1967), 95 [948] Abb. (as queen probably of Dyn. XXV). See Ausf. Verz. 247
(as queen of the Late Period); Russmann, Representation 55 [35] (as probably late Dyn.
XII or XIII); Romano in JEA 71 (1985), Reviews Supplement 40 [1] (as 2nd Int.
Period).
800-493-220
Wearing white crown, probably Amenemhet III, granite, in Berlin, Ägyptisches
Museum, 17950.
Schäfer in Amtliche Berichte xxix (1907-8), 75 Abb. 55 (as diorite); id. Das altägyptische
Bildnis 44 Taf. 17 (from a cast, as diorite); von Bissing, Denkmäler, Text to Taf. 26A
[1st fig.]; Kees, Ägyptische Kunst 41 Abb. 22 (in caption as Abb. 23) (as diorite and
Sesostris III); Pijoán, Summa Artis iii (1945), 196-7 figs. 259-60 (as Amenemhet I);
Vandier, Manuel iii, 582 pl. lxvi [5, 6] (from von Bissing) (as diorite); Gudar ... Göteborg
No. 188 pl. 11 (as diorite); Finneiser, K. in Äg. Mus. (1991), No. 31 fig.; Seipel, Gott,
Mensch, Pharao Kat. 46 fig. See Führer (1961), 53 (as diorite).
800-493-230
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, schist, formerly in Berlin Museum, 20175.
Delbrück, R. Antike Porträts xxv-xxvi Taf. 4 [b]; Schäfer, Äg. Kunst 26 fig. 2; id. Das
Bildnis im Alten Ägypten Abb. 8; id. Das altägyptische Bildnis 44 Taf. 14; Fechheimer,
Plastik (1914), 43-4 Taf. 54-6; (1923), 43 Taf. 54-6; Weigall, Anc. Eg. ... Art fig. on
98 [upper] (as serpentine and Amenemhet III); Schäfer and Andrae, Kunst (1925), 595
Abb. 269; (1930), 631 Abb. 281 [left]; (1942), 656 Abb. 281 [left]; Schäfer and
Schubart in Hauptwerke aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Wilhelm von Bode zu ehren
(1926), Taf. 4; Lugn, Konst 89 fig. 48 (as probably Amenemhet III); Steindorff, Kunst
318 fig. on 203; Carotti, L'Arte 104 fig. 132; Scharff in Antiquity xi (1937), 180 pl. iv;
id. in Otto, Handbuch der Archäologie i, Taf. 82 [1]; Anthes in Jahrbuch des Deutschen
Archäologischen Instituts 54 (1939), Beiblatt, Archäologischer Anzeiger 392-3 Abb. 11; id.
Meisterwerke ägyptischer Plastik (1947), Taf. xxix; id. Aegyptische Plastik in Meisterwerken
(1954), Taf. 35 (all as sandstone); Lange, Ägyptische Kunst pl. 42; id. Sesostris 48 pls. 22-3; Hermann and Schwan, Äg. Kleinkunst fig. on 37; Hamann, Äg. Kunst 170 Abb. 171;
Buschor, E. Bildnisstufen 273 Abb. 115; Byvanck, De Kunst 172 pl. xxviii [98]; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta, A. N. Het Nabije Oosten. Antike kunst pl. 15; Richter in The Journal of
Roman Studies xliv (1954), 41 n. 20 pl. ii [5]; Wolf, Die Welt der Ägypter (1955), Taf.
36; Assmann, J. Stein und Zeit. Mensch und Gesellschaft im alten Ägypten (1991), 151 Abb.
26 [a, b]; id. in Kraatz, M. et al. Das Bildnis in der Kunst des Orients 26 Abb. 17 [a, b];
id. in Der Manuelian, P. (ed.), Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson i, 77 fig. 25
(from Lange). See Vandier, Manuel iii, 582.
800-493-300
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, in Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, D.
890.1.65 (on loan from Paris, Musée National du Louvre).
Gasse, Loin du sable (Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, 15
Septembre - 3 Décembre 1990), 148-9 [214] figs.; id. Guide des collections égyptiennes
(1991), fig. 20. See Petit guide du visiteur (1960), 16.
800-493-350
Face, probably Amenemhet III, in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1978.54.
102nd Annual Report 1977-8, 27 fig. [right] cf. 42.
800-493-360
Wearing khat-headdress, with uraeus later removed, basalt, Dyn. XIII (or XXV-XXVI), in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.388.
108th Annual Report 1983-4, 25 fig. on 24 [lower right].
800-493-400
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III or Amenemhet III, diorite, in Cairo Mus. CG
487.
Borchardt, Statuen ii, 65-6 Bl. 81; H. W. Müller Archive 51 [22/33]. See Vandier,
Manuel iii, 589.
800-493-401
Wearing nemes, incomplete, probably Amenemhet III, diorite, in Cairo Mus. CG
488.
Borchardt, Statuen ii, 66 Bl. 81; Vandier, Manuel iii, 589 pl. lxvii [1].
800-493-600
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, red granite, in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam
Museum, E.37.1930.
Handbook (1954), 6, 60 pl. i [lower left]; Mekhitarian in Chron. d'Ég. xxv (1950), 275
fig. 29; Wolf, Kunst 692 [near top, n] Abb. 263; Winter, C. The Fitzwilliam Museum
pl. 4; Dolzani, La sfinge egiziana del castello di Miramar (Trieste), 5 fig. 9; Eg. Mythology
fig. on 7; Harris, Egyptian Art 36-7 pl. 17; Sutton, D. in Apollo lxxxiii (1966), fig. 5 on
89; Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet 204 Abb. 178; Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 41-2 [28] figs. on 37, 41, frontispiece; id. in Apollo cxxvii (1988), fig. 2 on 272; Baines in
Cambridge Archaeological Journal 4 (1994), 80 fig. 10; Vassilika, E. Egyptian Art (1995),
30-1 [11] fig.; Polz, F. in MDAIK 51 (1995), 227-54 Taf. 49 [b]. See Vandier,
Manuel iii, 596 [ii].
800-493-610
Fragment, colossal, probably Sesostris III, red granite, in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam
Museum, EGA.3005.1943.
Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 43-4 [30] fig.
800-493-620
Head of statue of king wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, formerly in Lord
Grenfell and O. Raphael collns. and at Sotheby's in 1917, now in Cambridge,
Fitzwilliam Museum, E.2.1946.
Burlington Cat. (1895), 17 [16] pl. x [51] (as serpentine or steatite); (1922), 77 [19]
pl. v [right] (as serpentine); Budge, A History of Egypt iii, fig. on 47; Sotheby Sale Cat.
(Grenfell), Nov. 12-14, 1917, No. 28 pl. i (as basalt); Ricketts, C. in JEA iv (1917),
211-12 pls. xxxix, xl (as serpentine); Weigall, Anc. Eg. ... Art fig. on 97 (as obsidian);
Seltman, C. T. The Cambridge Ancient History. Plates i (1927), fig. on 87 [a] (as
serpentine); Aldred, M.K. Art 51-2 pl. 69 (as serpentine); Wolf, Kunst 692 [27, e] Abb.
271 (as serpentine); Winter, C. The Fitzwilliam Museum pl. 5 (as volcanic stone); 5,000
Years of Egyptian Art. London, 22 June to 12 August 1962, 17 [46] pl. xxi (as serpentine);
Harris, Egyptian Art 36-7 pl. 18 (as serpentine); Handbook to the Fitzwilliam Museum
(1971), 10 pl. ii [upper left] (as volcanic rock); Vandersleyen in BSFÉ 72 (1975), fig.
on 11; Hall, R. M. in Apollo cxx (1984), 124, 127 fig. 9; id. in The Egyptian Bulletin
15 (Dec. 1985), 22-3 fig. on 21 [upper left] (as from Qubbet el-Hâwa); Treasures of the
Fitzwilliam Museum (1986), 11 [4] fig.; García Castro, J. A. in Revista de Arqueología 8
[69] (1987), fig. on 53 [upper]; Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 44-5 [31] figs. on 1, 44
and col. pl. ii [i]; id. in Apollo cxxvii (1988), fig. 3 on 273; Baines in Cambridge
Archaeological Journal 4 (1994), 80 fig. 11; Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt pl. 12;
Vassilika, E. Egyptian Art (1995), 32-33 [12] fig. (as Aswân); Polz, F. in MDAIK 51
(1995), 227-54 Taf. 51 [b]; Robins, G. The Art of Ancient Egypt (1997), 113 fig. 121.
See Vandier, Manuel iii, 596 [i], 597 [E] (as serpentine); Franke in GM 134 (1993),
35-40 (as from tomb 28 at Qubbet el-Hâwa).
800-493-630
Fragment, probably Sesostris III, basalt, in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum,
EGA.82.1949.
Reeves in The Burlington Magazine cxxx (1988), 648 fig. 77; Bourriau, Pharaohs and
Mortals 42-3 [29] figs. and col. pl. ii [2].
800-493-640
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably from sphinx, greywacke, early Dyn.
XII, in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, E.2.1974.
The Annual Reports of the Syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam (1974), 7 pl. i
[lower right] (as Sesostris I); Bourriau, J. in JEA 62 (1976), 146 [7] pl. xxiv [3] (as
Sesostris I).
800-493-700
Head, sandstone, Dyn. XII, in Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Art Museum, 1927.58.
800-493-748
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris II, basalt, in Chicago (Ill.), Oriental Institute
Museum, 525. (Acquired in Asyû.)
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 60 pl. 80 [f].
800-493-750
Wearing nemes, Dyn. XII, in Chicago (Ill.), Oriental Institute Museum, 14048.
Wilson, Burden fig. 12 [a]. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 630 (as New Kingdom).
800-493-800
Probably Sesostris III, green stone, in Cincinnati (Ohio), Cincinnati Art Museum,
1947.476. (Said to come from Dahshûr.)
800-493-900
Colossal, probably Amenemhet III, incomplete, sandstone, in Copenhagen,
Nationalmuseet, AA.b.212.
Schmidt, Levende og Døde fig. 258; Buhl in Fra Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark (1952),
79-80 fig. 3; id. A Hundred Masterpieces No. 15; Louisiana. 5000 års No. 84 fig.; H. W.
Müller Archive 11 [93/6, 8, 10, 12]. See Guide. Oriental and Classical Antiquity
(1950), 17 [13] (as Sesostris III or Amenemhet III).
800-493-910
Head, sandstone, probably Dyn. XII, in Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet, 9026.
See Louisiana. 5000 års No. 85 (as probably from Nubia).
800-493-930
Head of royal statue wearing white crown, probably Amenemhet III, greywacke, in
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Æ.I.N. 924. (Acquired in Cairo.)
Schmidt, Choix de monuments égyptiens [etc.] (1906), 51 pl. 194A, B = Arndt, La
Glyptothèque Ny-Carlsberg [etc.] (1912), 51 pl. 194A, B; Schmidt, Den Æg. Sam. (1908),
84-6 [E.41] figs. (as basalt or diorite); id. Levende og Døde figs. 253-4 (as basalt); Bulle,
H. Der schöne Mensch im Altertum (1912), 20 Taf. 13 [left] (as diorite); von Bissing,
Denkmäler Taf. 26 A (as schist); Capart, Bemærkninger om nogle ægyptiske Skulpturer [etc.]
in Fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteks Samlinger (1920), 39-44 figs. 1, 2 (as probably Old
Kingdom); id. Documents ii, 13-14 pls. 8, 9 (as basalt and Dyn. III); id. L'Art ég. ii, pl.
395 (as schist); Curtius, L. Die antike Kunst i, 133 Abb. 107 (as schist); Weigall, Anc.
Eg. ... Art fig. on 322 (as probably Amasis); Lugn, Konst 26 fig. 47 (as diorite);
Strömbom, S. Egyptens Konst 111 fig. 84 (as diorite); Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, Taf.
111-12 (as green schist); Mogensen, Coll. ég. 3-5 pl. i (as basalt and probably Dyn. II-III); West, R. Römische Porträt-Plastik i, 5 Taf. i [1] (as diorite); Poulsen, F. Ægyptens
Kunst (1933), 95 fig. 50 (as granite); Ranke, The Art of Ancient Egypt and Breasted,
Geschichte Aegyptens (1936), 102 (as slate); Ranke, Meisterwerke der ägyptischen Kunst 13,
27 Abb. 32 (as schist); Scharff in Antiquity xi (1937), 180 pl. v after 176; Pavlov,
Skul'pturni portret 29 and 18th pl. at end (as schist); id. and Khodzhash, Egipetskaya
plastika 27, 103 fig. 27 (as schist), Koefoed-Petersen, Ægyptisk Billedhuggerkunst (1938),
18 pls. 31-2; (1951), 25-6 pls. 36-8; id. Eg. Sculpture (1951), 30-1 pls. 42-4; (1962), 33-4 pl. 45 fig. 8; id. Cat. des statues 70 [123] pls. 127-9 (as basalt and Late Period or
Ptolemaic); Hamann, Äg. Kunst 172 Abb. 176 (as schist); Pijoán, Summa Artis iii
(1945), fig. 262 (as Sesostris); Buschor, E. Bildnisstufen 273 Abb. 113 (as schist); Aldred,
M.K. Art 49 pl. 59 (as basalt); Steindorff, A Royal Head 19 [38] pl. 24 (as slate);
Poulsen, V. Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek. A Guide to the Collections (1953), fig. on 14;
(1973), fig. on 10 (as Late Period); id. Führer durch die Sammlungen (1969), fig. on 11
(as Late Period); id. Ägyptische Kunst. Neues Reich und Spätzeit pl. on 76 (as probably
Late Period); Lange, Sesostris 35, 50 pl. 39 (as schist); Wolf, Kunst 630 Abb. 667-8 (as
basalt and early Ptolemaic); Vandier, Manuel iii, 598 pl. lxvi [4] (from Evers) (as schist);
Woldering, Götter 217 [Kat.9] fig. (as basalt and Ptolemaic); Swan Hall in Apollo lxxxv
(1967), 92 fig. 8; Breckenridge, J. D. Likeness. A Conceptual History of Ancient Portraiture
65 fig. 30 (as Late Period); Donadoni, S. L'Egitto (1981), fig. on 283 (as basalt);
Jørgensen in Apollo cxiii (1981), 369-71 figs. 1, 2; id. in Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek 37 (1981), 7-27 figs. 1-6; id. Egypt I (3000-1550 B.C.). Catalogue. Ny
Carlsberg Glyptotek 7, 15, 26, 168-9 [68] fig.; Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet 17 Abb.
8 (as basalt); Davis, W. The Canonical Tradition in Ancient Egyptian Art 42 fig. 3.2 (as
granite); Curto in Donadoni et al. Egypt from Myth to Egyptology fig. on 198 (as granite
and Late Period); Polz, F. in MDAIK 51 (1995), 227-54 Taf. 50 [c]; Marburg Inst.
photos. 156459-64, 156562. Crown, see Sourouzian, H. in MDAIK 44 (1988), 239
fig. 3 [h]. See Schmidt, Den Æg. Sam. (1899), 60 [A.35] (as basalt or diorite); id.
Choix (1910), 18-19; Spiegelberg in ZÄS 65 (1930), 103 n. 2 (as Dyn. XXX);
Koefoed-Petersen, Tilføjelser og Rettelser til Katalog over Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteks Ægyptiske
Samling (1934), 5 [A 1] (as probably from Thebes). (Selected references.)
800-493-980
Wearing white crown, early Dyn. XII, in Hanover, Kestner-Museum, 1935.200.503.
Ägyptische Abteilung. Rundplastik des Alten und Mittleren Reiches 4 [8] fig.; H. W.
Müller Archive 9 [II/385-7].
800-493-984
Wearing nemes, fragment, probably from sphinx, green schist, Dyn. XII, in Hanover,
Kestner-Museum, 1935.200.507.
Ägyptische Abteilung. Rundplastik des Alten und Mittleren Reiches 4 [9] fig.; Seipel, Bilder
für die Ewigkeit No. 49 fig.
800-493-990
Wearing nemes, grey granite, Dyn. XII, in Havana, Museo Nacional, 27.
Lipiska, Mon. Ég. Cuba 1-2 figs. (as probably Sesostris I). See Prat Puig, Arte
Antiguo No. 5 (as Dyn. XX).
800-494-010
Upper part of head with nemes, probably Sesostris III, quartzite, in Hildesheim,
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Pelizaeus-Museum, 412.
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, Taf. 88 (as sandstone); Donadoni, Arte Egizia 55 fig. 78;
Kayser, Das Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim (1996), 26 Abb. 17 (as sandstone); id. Söhne
des Sonnengotts Abb. 1 on 8; id. Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum
in Hildesheim (1973), 54 Abb. 36; Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet 204 Abb. 179; Äg.
und moderne Skulptur Cat. 53 fig.; M. S[eidel] in Eggebrecht, A. (ed.), Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim. Die ägyptische Sammlung (1993), Abb. 37 on 47; Peck, W. H. Splendors of
Ancient Egypt 53 fig.; Marburg Inst. photos. 156261-2. See Ippel and Roeder,
Denkmäler ... Hildesheim 70 (as sandstone and Amenemhet III); Vandier, Manuel iii,
600.
800-494-100
Wearing nemes, colossal, probably Sesostris III, quartzite, in Kansas City (Mo.), The
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 62-11.
Taggart in The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin iv [2] (Oct. 1962), 8-14 figs.
1-4 front cover; The Art Quarterly xxv (1962), 262 fig. on 265 [bottom middle];
Pantheon xx (1962), fig. on 390 [bottom]; Swan Hall in Apollo lxxxviii (1968), 15 fig.
19; Breckenridge, J. D. Likeness. A Conceptual History of Ancient Portraiture 48 fig. 22;
Cooney in Apollo xcvi (1972), 475 fig. 3; Davis, W. in Res 4 (1982), 27-8 fig. 20;
Heads of State and Some Friends (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jan. 4 - Feb. 6,
1983), 9 [1] fig. on 27; De Smet and Josephson in Bull. Mus. Roy. 62 (1991), 8 fig. 3;
Ward, R. and Fidler, P. J. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A Handbook of the
Collection (1993), col. pl. on 24 [left] and fig. on 112 [left]. Face, Aldred in Leclant,
Le Temps des Pyramides fig. 212. See The Nelson Gallery & Atkins Museum Bulletin iv
[8] (Dec. 1967), 31.
800-494-150
Wearing short wig, diorite, probably Sesostris I, in Leipzig, Ägyptisches Museum,
Inv. 2906.
Krauspe, Ägyptisches Museum der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig (1976), 33 [49/15] Taf.
xi; id. Statuen und Statuetten 41-2 [91] Taf. 30 [2-4], 31 [1, 2]. See id. Ägyptisches
Museum der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig (1987), 34 [49/15]; Bothmer, Eg. Sculp. 114.
800-494-200
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III or Amenemhet III,
obsidian, formerly in W. MacGregor colln. and at Sotheby's in 1922, now in Lisbon,
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Inv. 138.
Fechheimer, Plastik (1914), 46 Taf. 93 (as Dyn. XXVI); (1923), 46 Taf. 103 (as Dyn.
XXVI or Middle Kingdom); Ricketts, C. in JEA iv (1917), 71 pl. xiv; Sotheby Sale
Cat. (MacGregor), June 26 - July 6, 1922, No. 1679 pls. xlviii, xlix; Burlington Cat.
(1922), 46 [24] pl. i; The Illustrated London News July 15, 1922, 108 figs.; Dec. 5, 1936,
1011 fig. 9; March 19, 1949, fig. on 385 [lower left]; Weigall, Anc. Eg. ... Art fig. on
99 [lower]; The Antiquarian Quarterly 2 (June 1925), 57 fig. 23; Schäfer and Andrae,
Kunst (1925), 595 Taf. v; (1930), 631 Taf. vi (as Sesostris III); (1942), 656 Taf. vi (as
Sesostris III or Amenemhet III) (all from Ricketts); Seltman, C. T. The Cambridge
Ancient History. Plates i (1927), fig. on 87 [b]; Blackman in Ross, The Art of Egypt pl.
on 129; Shorter, Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt pl. xxxvii; Breasted, The Dawn of
Conscience fig. 12 facing 218; Ranke, The Art of Ancient Egypt and Breasted, Geschichte
Aegyptens (1936), 169 (as Dyn. XXVI); Anc. Eg. Sculpture ... Gulbenkian 1-4 [1] pls. i,
ii; Brunner, Ägyptische Kunst in Die Kunst dem Volke No. 85 (1937), Abb. 47 (as
Sesostris III); Zippert, E. in Archiv für Orientforschung xii (1937-9), 81 [1] Abb. 1 on 82
(from ILN ); Ragai, L'Art 69, 108, 124 pl. 11 [27]; ILN July 15, 1922, 108 figs.; Dec.
5, 1936, 1011 fig. 9; March 19, 1949, fig. on 385 [lower left]; Eg. Sculpture ...
Gulbenkian 18-19 [5] figs. on 42-4; Murray, Splendour pl. lv; Lange, Pyramiden, Sphinxe,
Pharaonen pl. 55 (as Sesostris III); id. Sesostris 30 pls. 26-7 (as Sesostris III); id. Ägyptische
Bildnisse Taf. 13 (as Sesostris III); id. and Hirmer, Aegypten. Architektur (1955 and
1957), pl. 105; (1967), pl. 109 (as Sesostris III); Vandier, Manuel iii, 597 pl. lxvi [7]
(from Ricketts); Montet, Lives of the Pharaohs fig. on 63; Yoyotte, Treasures 48 pl. (as
Sesostris III); Museu Calouste Gulbenkian. Roteiro 1 (1969), No. 4 fig.; Perdigão,
Calouste Gulbenkian Collector 155-6 with pl. on 157; Shurinova, R. Iskusstvo Drevnego
Egipta pl. 58 (as Sesostris III); Donadoni, S. L'Egitto (1981), fig. on 94 [upper left];
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Catalogue (1989), 21 [4] fig. on 166; Assam, M. H. Arte
egípcia Cat. 4 fig.; De Putter, T. and Karlshausen, C. Les Pierres utiliseés dans la sculpture
et l'architecture de l'Égypte pharaonique 112 pl. 40 (as Sesostris III); Malek, J. Egyptian Art
(1999), fig. 105 on 187. (Selected references.)
800-494-230
Head of sphinx wearing nemes, late Middle Kingdom, in London, British Museum,
EA 73809.
See Vassilika in JEA 78 (1992), 269 [27].
800-494-250
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, quartzite, in London,
Petrie Museum, 13249.
Page, Sculpture No. 30 with fig.
800-494-260
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, diorite, in London,
Petrie Museum, 14363.
Burlington Cat. (1895), pl. xxx [43]; (1922), 28 [1] pl. v [left] (as granite); Capart,
Recueil ii, pl. lx (as granite); Petrie, Arts and Crafts fig. 35 opp. 38; id. in Anc. Eg.
(1914), 48 pl. 1 after 48; id. The Making of Egypt 139 pl. lxix [6] (as Amenemhet IV);
Roe, F. G. in The Connoisseur lx (1921), 155 fig. II on 153 (as granite): Wolf, Die
Kultur Ägyptens 57 Abb. 68; Swan Hall in Apollo lxxxvii (1968), 165 fig. 7; Page,
Sculpture No. 31 figs; Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals 45-6 [32] fig. on 38. See
Vandier, Manuel iii, 601 [i] (as granite).
800-494-300
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, grey granite, in Moscow,
Gosudarstvenni tsentral'ni muzei muzkal'noi kul'tur im. M. I. Glink (N. S.
Golovanov's flat), E-1.
*Khodzhash, S. I. in Iskusstvo (1973), No. 12, pp. 65-7 figs.; Berlev, O. and Hodjash,
S. Catalogue of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt [etc.], 56 [v. 13] pl. 80. See Khodzhash,
S. I. and Etingof, O. E. Drevneegipetskie pamyatniki iz muzeev SSSR. Katalog vstavki
(Moscow, 1991), 52 [94].
800-494-350
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, from sphinx, fragment,
quartzite, in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 4857.
Müller, H. W. in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xiv (1963), 216 Abb. 3; Äg. Sammlung
(1966), 33 Abb.; Staatl. Sammlung (1972), 52 pl. 25 [lower]; (1976), 74-5 fig.; Schoske,
Grimm and Kreissl, Schönheit Kat. 27 fig.; Wildung, D. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao.
Kunst und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten (1997), 61 [44] fig.; H. W. Müller Archive 13
[I/953].
800-494-370
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, from sphinx, dark granite,
in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 7110.
Schoske in Antike Welt 22 (1991), 209 figs.; id. in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xlv (1994),
189-92 Abb. 5-7; id. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München (1995), 54 Abb. 53;
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 65 [25] pl. 85 [c, d]; Wildung, D. in Grimm, A.
et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft im alten Ägypten (1997), 61 [43] fig. on 60.
800-494-400
Wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, quartzite, in New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 12.183.6.
Steindorff in Journal WAG iii (1940), 53 fig. 7; Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v [4] (Dec.
1946), 123 fig. on 120 [upper left] (as probably Amenemhet I); id. Scepter i, 176 fig.
107 (as probably Amenemhet I); Vandier, Manuel iii, 606 pl. lviii [5] (from Hayes);
Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 49-50 n. 87 figs. 35-6; Lepre, J. P. The Egyptian Pyramids. A
Comprehensive Illustrated Reference fig. on 199 (as Amenemhet I and Cairo); Polz, F. in
MDAIK 51 (1995), 227-54 Taf. 52 [a].
800-494-410
Wearing double crown, probably Amenemhet III, black granite, in New York,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24.7.1.
Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v [4] (Dec. 1946), 124 fig. [lower]; Vandier, Manuel iii,
607 pl. lxv [4]; Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 49 n. 85 fig. 34; Fay, B. in MDAIK 52
(1996), 133 Taf. 27 [h].
800-494-420
Face, probably Sesostris III, quartzite, formerly in the Earl of Carnarvon colln., now
in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 26.7.1394.
Burlington Cat. (1922), 81 [41] pl. iv [left]; Schäfer and Andrae, Kunst (1925), 595
Abb. 270; (1930), 631 Abb. 281 [right]; (1942), 656 Abb. 281 [right] (all from
Burlington Cat.) (as sandstone); D. D[unham] in Boston Mus. Bull. xxvi (1928), 61-4 fig.
2; Schäfer, Das altägyptische Bildnis 44 Taf. 16 [b] (from Burlington Cat.) (as sandstone);
Steindorff in Journal WAG iii (1940), 52-3 fig. 2; Scott, Egyptian Statues (1945), 6th pl.;
Pijoán, Summa Artis iii (1945), 192 fig. 255 (as Sesostris I); A Brief Guide to the Egyptian
Collection (1946), 12 fig.; Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v (Dec. 1946), 123 fig.; id. Scepter
i, 199 fig. 120; Ranke, Meisterwerke der ägyptischen Kunst 14 Abb. 33; Aldred, M.K. Art
49 pl. 58; id. in MMJ 3 (1970), 45 n. 71 fig. 27; id. Eg. Art 126 fig. 84; Groenewegen-Frankfort, Arrest and Movement 64 pl. xxiv; Wilson, Burden fig. 12 [b]; Lange,
Pyramiden, Sphinxe, Pharaonen pl. 54 (as sandstone); id. Sesostris 49 pl. 36; Vandier,
Manuel iii, 607 pl. lxiv [2]; Lloyd, S. The Art of the Ancient Near East 115 fig. 79;
Taggart in The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin iv [2] (Oct. 1962), 14 fig. 6;
Guide to the Collections. Egyptian Art (1962), fig. 23; Woldering, Ägypten pl. on 105; id.
Götter 107 Abb. 45; Pirenne, Hist. civ. ii, 529 pl. 29 facing 100; Fischer in MMA Bull.
N.S. xxii (March 1964), 235 fig. 3; Daumas, Civ. de l'Ég. pl. 31; Michalowski, Art fig.
312; id. Égypte fig. on 119 [left]; Breckenridge, J. D. Likeness. A Conceptual History of
Ancient Portraiture 46 fig. 21; Maly, Egyptian Art fig. on 25; Müller, Äg. Kunst Abb. 75;
Shurinova, R. Iskusstvo Drevnego Egipta pl. 50; Luft in Das Altertum 21 (1975), 168
Abb. 7; Suzuki, Sculpture 137 pl. 66; Seidel and Wildung in Vandersleyen, Das Alte
Ägypten 237 Abb. 161; Vilímková, M. Starovký Egypt fig. 272; Schlossman in Archiv
für Orientforschung xxviii (1981-2), 156 fig. 21; Edwards in Connaissance des Arts 377-8
(July-Aug. 1983), fig. on 67; Dorman et al. Egypt and the Ancient Near East fig. 26;
Assmann, Die Hieroglyphe Mensch in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 28 March, 1987, No.
74 fig. [upper right]; id. in Kraatz, M. et al. Das Bildnis in der Kunst des Orients 27 Abb.
18 [b]; id. in Der Manuelian, P. (ed.), Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson i, 74
fig. 24; Polz, F. in MDAIK 51 (1995), 227-54 Taf. 49 [c]; Malek, J. Egyptian Art
(1999), 184 fig. 102. See Donadoni in La Critica d'Arte N.S. vii (1942), 69 cf. Tav.
xxvii [5] = id. Cultura dell'Antico Egitto 351 cf. Tav. xxvii [5] (from Schäfer and
Andrae). (Selected references.)
800-494-430
Wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, grey marble, in New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 29.100.150.
Lansing in MMA Bull. xxv (1930), 75-6 fig. on 75; Winlock, Egyptian Statues and
Statuettes (1937), fig. 7; Scott, Eg. Statuettes No. 10 fig.; Hayes in MMA Bull. N.S. v
[4] (Dec. 1946), 123-4 fig. on 124 [upper]; id. Scepter i, 199 fig. 121; Vandier, Manuel
iii, 607 pl. lxxi [1]; Lloyd, S. The Art of the Ancient Near East 115 fig. 78; Aldred, in
MMJ 3 (1970), 47 n. 77 figs. 29-31; Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet 210 Abb. 183;
Polz, F. in MDAIK 51 (1995), 227-54 Taf. 51 [a]; D. C. F[orbes] in KMT 9 [1]
(1998), 55 figs. (as possibly Sebekkare Neferusobk).
800-494-490
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, greywacke, probably early Dyn. XII, in Paris,
Musée National du Louvre, E.10299.
Vandier, Manuel iii, 573 pl. viii [6] (as schist and Pepy I); Delange, Cat. ... Moyen
Empire 36-7 figs.; Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 40 fig.; Bergman, R. P. in The
Cleveland Museum. Members Magazine April 1996, 3 fig. on 2; Berman, L. M. and
Letellier, B. Pharaohs. Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre 40-1 [4] fig. (as late Dyn.
XI or early Dyn. XII); Bárta, M. Sinuhetv útk z Egypta fig. on 80. See Boreux,
Guide ii, 469 (as basalt and Saite or Ptolemaic); Bothmer, B. V. in JEA 46 (1960), 5 n.
4 (as Mentuhotep Sankhkare); Vandier, Guide (1973), 76 (as Pepy I or Mentuhotep II);
Aldred in MMJ 3 (1970), 30 n. 22 and 34 n. 33 (as Dyn. XI); L'Égypte des Pharaons
(Marcq-en-Baroeul, Oct. 1977 - Jan. 1978), No. 2 (as probably Pepy I); H. W. Müller
Archive 20 [II/682-6].
800-494-500
Wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, from sphinx, calcite, in Paris, Musée
National du Louvre, E.10938.
Kriéger in Rev. d'Ég. 11 (1957), 73-5 pl. 6; Delange, Cat. ... Moyen Empire 38-9 figs.;
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 66-7 [40] pl. 89 [e, f]; G. A[ndreu] in Andreu, G.
et al. L'Égypte ancienne au Louvre (1997), 96-7 [37] fig. See Vandier, Manuel iii, 603;
id. Guide (1973), 89.
800-494-550
Head, sandstone, Dyn. XII, in Paris, Musée Rodin, 67.
800-494-600
Wearing nemes, upper part lost, probably Amenemhet III, in Seattle (Wash.), Seattle
Art Museum, 55.176.
Sheikholeslami in Bacharach, J. L. et al. Near Eastern Civilizations through Art (1977),
fig. 21.
800-494-650
Wearing nemes, probably from sphinx of Amenemhet III, black granite, in Vatican,
Museo Gregoriano Egizio, 22752.
Tulli in Aegyptus 12 (1932), 3-8 fig. on 5; Botti and Romanelli, Le Sculture del Museo
Gregoriano Egizio 59 [100] Tav. xl [100] (as No. 207); Rosati and Buranelli, Les
Égyptiens et les Étrusques. Musées du Vatican 14 [7] fig.; H. W. Müller Archive 24
[II/1024-5]. See Grenier, Museo Gregoriano Egizio (1993), 47 [Vetrina A, 1st item].
800-494-700
Wearing nemes, probably from sphinx of Sesostris III, green schist, in Vienna,
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, ÄS 5813.
Von Bissing, Denkmäler Taf. 27 (as possibly Dyn. XXVI); Petrie in Anc. Eg. (1920),
33-4 pl. opp. 33 [4, 5] (from von Bissing); Weigall, Anc. Eg. ... Art fig. on 94 [2];
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein i, Taf. 89-91; 200 Meisterwerke (1931), fig. 8; Demel, Äg.
Kunst 14 Abb. 18 (as basalt); Komorzynski, Altägyptens hohe Kunst in Österreich in Wort
und Bild 43 (1952), 47-8 Abb. 14; id. Altägypten 41 Abb. 30; id. Erbe 122, 124 Abb. 39;
Würfel, R. in Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 67 (1952), Beiblatt,
Archäologischer Anzeiger 46 Abb. 4, 5; Schaetze altaeg. Kunst, 37 [70] 10th Abb.; Lange,
Sesostris 47 pls. 20-1; Wolf, Kunst 691 [near bottom, e] Abb. 260; Vandier, Manuel iii,
611 pl. lxviii [5] (from Komorzynski); Meisterwerke (1958 and 1968), fig. 10; Vienna.
5000 Jahre No. 70 Abb.; Essen. 5000 Jahre No. 73 Abb.; Woldering, Götter 217 [Kat.
7]; Satzinger, Äg. Kunst 20 Abb. 7; id. Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Wien (1987), 32, 36 fig. on 33; id. Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die
Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung (1994), 81-2 Abb. 54; id. in Haja, M. (ed.),
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Guide to the Collections (1989), 25 fig.; Jørgensen in
Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 37 (1981), 20-2 fig. 11; id. in Apollo cxiii (1981),
371 fig. 6; Seipel, Bilder für die Ewigkeit No. 56 fig.; Wildung, D. in Assmann, J. and
Burkard, G. (eds.), 5000 Jahre Ägypten. Genese und Permanenz pharaonischer Kunst
(1983), 38-9 Abb. 6; Jaro-Deckert, Statuen 64-71 figs.; Spanel, Through Ancient Eyes
Cat. 12 figs.; Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao Kat. 45 fig.; id. Götter, Menschen, Pharaonen
Kat. 59 fig.; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 66 [33] pl. 88 [a, b]; Marburg Inst.
photos. 156528-32. See Uebersicht (1895), 45 [40] (as Dyn. XXVI); (1923), 19 [40].
800-494-799
Left half of head wearing nemes, granite, early Dyn. XII, formerly in M. Abemayor
colln. and in New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, in 1976.
Sotheby Parke Bernet (New York) Sale Cat. Dec. 11, 1976, No. 224 fig.
800-494-800
Wearing white crown, granite, probably Dyn. XIII, formerly in M. Abemayor colln.,
then in New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, in 1980 and at Sotheby's (New York) in
1985.
Sotheby Parke Bernet (New York) Sale Cat. May 16, 1980, No. 312 fig. (as late Dyn.
XII or XIII); Sotheby (New York) Sale Cat. Feb. 8-9, 1985, No. 11 fig. (as late Dyn. XII
or XIII).
800-494-810
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, sandstone, at Christie's in 1937.
Christie Sale Cat. March 2, 1937, No. 31 fig.
800-494-811
Wearing nemes, chin lost, diorite, Dyn. XII, at Christie's in 1981.
Christie Sale Cat. May 20, 1981, No. 147 fig. (as probably Amenemhet I).
800-494-820
Wearing nemes, probably from sphinx, late Dyn. XII or Dyn. XIII, formerly in Sir
Moore Crosthwaite colln. and at Sotheby's in 1989.
Sotheby Sale Cat. Dec. 11, 1989, No. 286 [1st item] fig.
800-494-827
Wearing khat-headdress, part of right side of face and headdress lost, Dyn. XIII, in
London, Charles Ede Ltd., in 1997.
Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt xxiv (Sept. 1997), No. 1 fig. and
front cover.
800-494-835
Probably wearing nemes, much eroded, probably Dyn. XII, in Munich, H. Herzer
& Co., in 1970.
Apollo xci [99] (May 1970), Advertisements, fig. on lxxxiv.
800-494-842
Head of royal statue wearing red crown, black granite, perhaps Dyn. XIII, in G. D.
M. Janes colln. in 2002.
800-494-850
Head of royal statue wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, syenite, formerly in E. and
M. Kofler-Truniger colln.
Zürich. 5000 Jahre 62 [139] Abb. 41; Müller, Äg. Kunstwerke ... Kofler-Truniger 62-3
[A 96] pls.; Schlögl, H. in Geschenk des Nils No. 144 pl.; Donadoni, S. L'Egitto (1981),
fig. on 93 [right]; Seipel, Bilder für die Ewigkeit No. 55 fig.; Spanel, Through Ancient Eyes
Cat. 11 fig.
800-494-900
Wearing white crown, black steatite, Dyn. XII, formerly in M. A. Mansoor colln.
and in New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, in 1952.
Ancient Egyptian Art. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Sale Cat. Jan. 30-1, 1952, No. 251 fig.
800-494-920
Wearing nemes, probably Amenemhet III, quartzite, in Nubar Pasha colln.
Capart, L'Art ég. ii, pl. 287; Gilbert, La Poésie égyptienne pl. xiii; Vandier, Manuel iii,
597 pl. lxvi [2] (from Capart); Pirenne, Hist. civ. ii, 529 pl. 30 between 100-1; FERE
photos. 21583-5.
800-494-940
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris II or III, granite, formerly in N. Schimmel colln.
Von Troja bis Amarna No. 212 fig. (as Sesostris III); Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.],
60 pl. 80 [e] (as Sesostris II).
800-494-950
Fragment of head of royal statue, probably from a sphinx, Dyn. XII, in New York,
Frederick Schultz Ancient Art, in 1987.
Egyptian Art. The Essential Object. Acanthus, New York, May 28 to June 25, 1987,
No. 11 fig.
800-494-960
Head of sphinx wearing nemes, quartzite, probably Dyn. XII, formerly in H. E.
Smeets colln. and at Sotheby's in 1973 and 1977.
Sotheby Sale Cat. (Smeets), Nov. 7, 1977, No. 11 pl. iii. See ib. Dec. 3, 1973, No.
38.
800-494-980
Wearing nemes, black granite, Dyn. XII, formerly in J. McAllan Swan colln. and at
Sotheby's in 1945.
Sotheby Sale Cat. June 5, 1945, No. 93 fig.
800-495-100
Wearing nemes, probably Sesostris III, gneiss, in private possession in Basel in 1978
and at Christie's in 1998.
Schlögl, H. in Geschenk des Nils No. 145 pl.; Christie Sale Cat. Sept. 23, 1998, No.
80 fig.
800-495-500
Wearing nemes, perhaps early Dyn. XII, in private possession in Prague in mid-1950s.
ába in Forman, W. and B. Exotic Art fig. on 49.
800-495-800
Wearing nemes, diorite, Dyn. XII, in private possession in 1966 and at Sotheby's in
1984.
Müller-Feldmann, Zeugnisse altägyptischer Kultur aus europäischem Privatbesitz
(Folkwang-Museum, Essen, 1. Februar bis 15. März, 1966), No. 77 Abb. 12; Sotheby
Sale Cat. July 9, 1984, No. 151 fig.
Other fragments.
800-497-100
Torso, black granite, Dyn. XII, in Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 68.178.
Brooklyn Mus. Ann. x (1968-9), 167 fig. on 46.
800-497-200
Fragment of legs, black granite, probably Dyn. XII, in Cairo Mus. CG 539.
See Borchardt, Statuen ii, 88-9.
800-497-600
Headless bust wearing heb-sed cloak, diorite, Dyn. XIII-XVII, in Paris, Musée
National du Louvre, A.F.9914.
Delange, Cat. ... Moyen Empire 52-3 figs.
Sphinxes.
See also heads, above.
800-498-100
Fragment of head with mane, green schist, probably Amenemhet II or Sesostris II,
in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 22580. (Said to come from el-Maarîya.)
Evers, Staat aus dem Stein ii, 108 [690]; i, Taf. 71 (as Sesostris II); Scharff in Berliner
Museen lii (1931), 32 Abb. 6; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 26-7 [2], 53, 65 [23] pls.
53-4, 66 [g] (as Amenemhet II). See Vandier, Manuel iii, 582 (as Sesostris II).
800-498-200
Two fragments, head and back lost, inscribed, black granite, Dyn. XII, in Cairo Mus.
CG 1119.
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 65 [29] pl. 85 [g]. See Borchardt, Statuen iv,
68 (texts).
800-498-500
Head and body of small sphinx, obsidian, late Dyn. XII, in London, British Museum,
EA 65506.
Reeves in Vestnik drevnei istorii, 1991, No. 3 (198), 220-2 fig. 1 (as probably temp.
Amenemhet III).
800-498-550
Sphinx wearing nemes, forepaws and rear part lost, probably Amenemhet III, in
Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 7132. (Said to come from el-Kâb.)
Schoske, S. in Münchner Jahrb. 3 Ser. xlvi (1995), 178-80 Abb. 2, 3; id. in Antike Welt
25 (1994), 359 fig.; Wildung, D. in Schoske, S. (ed.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer
Kunst München (1995), 8-9 Abb. 3; id. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft
im alten Ägypten (1997), 65 [47] fig. on 64; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 67 [42]
pl. 90 [a].
800-498-800
Rear part of small sphinx, serpentine, Dyn. XII-XIII, re-worked later, with two
human figures in relief on base and names of Merneptah 'beloved of Seth' and
'Sekhmet', in Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 7133.
Wildung, Entdeckungen No. 30 fig. (as Dyn. XII); Schoske, S. in Münchner Jahrb. 3
Ser. xlvi (1995), 180, 182 Abb. 4; id. in Grimm, A. et al. Pharao. Kunst und Herrschaft
im alten Ägypten (1997), 25 [11] figs.; Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 68 [53] pl.
93 [f] (as basalt and Dyn. XII).
800-498-900
Headless sphinx, gneiss, probably temp. Sesostris II, in New York, Sotheby Parke
Bernet, in 1976.
Fay, B. The Louvre Sphinx [etc.], 57, 65 [26] pl. 85 [f]. See *Sotheby Parke Bernet
(New York) Sale Cat. May 8, 1976, No. 26.
Pedestals consisting of heads of foreigners.
800-499-200
Two heads of foreigners, probably from pedestal of a royal statue, basalt, late Dyn.
XII, in Los Angeles (Calif.), County Museum of Art, 50.18.1.
Bulletin of the Art Division. Los Angeles County Museum 3 [4] (Winter 1951), 3-4 [iii]
fig. (as A.5933.50-51); Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(1965), fig. on 19 (as female heads); Spanel, Through Ancient Eyes Cat. No. 14 fig.
DYNASTY XVII
Antef V (Nubkheperre)
800-505-900
Seat of statuette of Antef V (Nubkheperre), bound captives and bull in relief on sides,
'silacious stone', formerly in M. Lavoratori colln. and at Sotheby's in 1833, then in
J. Lee colln.
Moss, R. in JEA 27 (1941), 10 pl. iii [2]; Williams rubbings, iv. 56 [near bottom
left]. Cartouche, Leemans, Lettre à M. François Salvolini sur les monumens égyptiens
[etc.], 142-3 pl. xxviii [288]. See Sotheby Sale Cat. (Lavoratori), May 13-15, 1833,
No. 330; [Bonomi], Cat. ... Hartwell House 4 [27]; Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue
Reattributed 29 [44]; Winterhalter, S. in Brodbeck, A. (ed.), Ein ägyptisches
Glasperlenspiel. Ägyptologische Beiträge für Erik Hornung aus seinem Schülerkreis 270, 285
[1] (as probably schist).
Sebekemsaf I (Sekhemre-wadjkhau)
800-510-500
Statue of Sebekemsaf (Sekhemre-wadjkhau) seated, over life-size, base with feet lost
and restored, red granite, in London, British Museum, EA 871. (Possibly from Karnak,
moved here from Bibl. iv.30.)
Guide, Eg. Collns. (1909), 223 pl. xxvii; (1930), 328 fig. 174; Budge, Egyptian
Sculptures in the British Museum (1914), 12 pl. xvi (as from Tell Basa); id. By Nile and
Tigris ii, 362-3 pl. opp. 362 (as from 3rd cataract and brought to Alexandria); id. The
Mummy (1925), pl. vii [2] (as from Island of Argo); Carotti, L'Arte 104-5 fig. 135 (as
from Tell Basa); Aldred, M.K. Art 55 pl. 80; Spallanzani in Genava xii (1964), 31 n.
14 fig. 20; Davies, W. V. A Royal Statue Reattributed passim [Cat. No. 45] pls. 1-15;
Robins, G. The Art of Ancient Egypt (1997), 119, 121 fig. 133. Upper part, James and
Davies, Eg. Sculpture 28 fig. 32; Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet 227-8 Abb. 198;
Winterhalter, S. in Brodbeck, A. (ed.), Ein ägyptisches Glasperlenspiel. Ägyptologische
Beiträge für Erik Hornung aus seinem Schülerkreis 285-6 [2] fig. (from James and Davies).
Legs, see Sourouzian, H. in MDAIK 44 (1988), 242 fig. 6 [f]. Goddess Ipet and
texts on throne, Hiero. Texts v, 6 pl. 12. See Guide (Sculpture), 80 [276]; Vandier,
Manuel iii, 584. (The name is read differently in all pre-1981 publications.)
Sebkemsaf I (Sekhemre-wadjkhau) or II (Sebkemre-shedtaui)
800-510-520
Sebkemsaf I or II and goddess Mut 'in Asher' seated, lower part, granodiorite, in
London, British Museum, EA 69536.
See Bourriau in JEA 72 (1986), 180 [59] (as black granite).
Sekenenre-Taa
800-601-060
Small sphinx of Sekenenre-Taa , silver, in Mariemont, Musée Royal de Mariemont,
B.136 (E.55).
Van de Walle in Antiquités ... Mariemont 34 pl. 9; Evrard-Derriks in Hainaut tourisme
186 (March 1978), fig. 10 on 32; M.-C. B[ruwier] in Van Nijl tot Schelde Cat. 108 fig.
(as E.53). See C. E[vrard]-D[erriks] in Artisans de l'Égypte ancienne (Musée Royal de
Mariemont, 27 mars - 21 juin 1981), No. 86; Vandersleyen in Rev. d'Ég. 44 (1993),
190 n. 5.
800-601-100
Small sphinx, silver, formerly in F. G. Hilton Price colln. and at Sotheby's in 1911.
Hilton Price, Cat. ii, 98 [4876] pl. xxx. See Sotheby Sale Cat. (Hilton-Price), July
12-21, 1911, No. 912.
A King Antef
800-602-500
Kneeling with two pots, in Basel, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig,
BSAe 927. (Bought in Luxor.)
Schott, E. in Görg and Pusch (eds.), Festschrift Elmar Edel 390-6 Taf. 4 (as probably
Antef (Waankh) of Dyn. XI); Winterhalter, S. in Brodbeck, A. (ed.), Ein ägyptisches
Glasperlenspiel. Ägyptologische Beiträge für Erik Hornung aus seinem Schülerkreis 267-8, 279-84 [4], 289 [11] figs. on 267, 289 [upper]; Wiese, A. and Winterhalter, S. Ägyptische
Kunst im Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig 35 [37] fig. on 34; id. in Minerva
9 [6] (Nov.-Dec. 1998), fig. 4 on 15.