Striding figure of a male tomb owner


Accession Number
W688
Current Location
House of Death (ground floor), Offerings case
Object Types
Sculpture, Statue | Model, Unidentified funerary model, Unidentified figure
Period
Old Kingdom
Dynasty
Sixth Dynasty
Material
Wood (Acacia)
Provenance
Egypt, Saqqara
Measurements
Height: 242mm | Width: 67mm | Depth: 114mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

This is a statue of a tomb owner which is particularly finely carved. It was reunited with its missing right leg and base during research in 2019. He is very similar in stylistic terms to a statue of a Sixth Dynasty official named Tjeteti in Saqqara, and may originate from the same workshop.

Bibliography

Harvey, J. 2001. Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom. A Typological Study. Leiden, Cat. Nos. A83–102. Peterson, B. 1985. Finds from the Theteti Tomb at Saqqara. Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin 20, 3–24.

Audio
3D Model

Wellcome Number
A243790
Other Identity
394 (label attached to foot), W724 (right foot), W722 (base)
Auction
Sotheby & Co.: 22–23 Oct 1934, Lot 180
Previous Owners
Mansur Abd el-Sayyid Mansoor (1881–1968) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 16 Jan 2023
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