Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 1151, in vestibule (= pillared portico)

Dimensions/Weight: 75.5 x 45 cm (29 3/4 x 17 11/16 in)

Classification: Sculpture

Description: Nummulitic limestone seated family group statue attributed to Neferqed, his wife Hemetre, and son; man on proper left, woman on proper right, child between couple's legs, male figure seated with hands on thighs (proper right hand clenched, proper left hand flat), wearing short curled wig and kilt, female figure seated with proper left arm around his shoulders and proper right hand flat on thigh, wearing shoulder length wig with central part and sheath dress, young nude male figure stands with proper right hand to mouth, uninscribed; surface damage.

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition

Selected Published References:
Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, pp. 21-22, pl. 33a. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 56. Smith, William Stevenson. "Old Kingdom Sculpture." American Journal of Archaeology 45 (1941), p. 519.