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Object register entry:
Field number: 39-1-16
Field number: 39-1-16
Entry date(s): 01/21/1939
Object owner details: In the collection of: Toledo Museum of Art (49.4)
Limestone standing pair statue of Raramu and Ankhet
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2099, serdab, easternmost statue along S wall facing N
Limestone
Expedition Measurements: Height: 58.1 cm
Width: 34.2 cm
Thickness: 14.4 cm
Description: White limestone pair statuette of Raramu and Ankhet; man and wife standing with feet side by side, support on back up to shoulders as wide as whole base; man on her left with arms hanging down, hands closed holding handkerchiefs (?), wears short wig covering ears, short [kilt] and pleated apron with belt, his name and titles inscribed vertically (facing right) on his left down front of back support and on top of base [GLYPHS] (on back support) and [GLYPHS] (on base), wife on his right with her left arm around him and her left hand on his left shoulder, right arm hanging down, hand open with palm towards body, wears full wig and long tunic, her name inscribed vertically (facing right) on her left (between two figures) down front of back support [GLYPHS]; black color of his hair and of base and red-brown of his body party preserved mainly on legs, support was grey, tip of man's nose broken off but otherwise perfect.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:3
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), p. 34. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 150, fig. 92. 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. 70. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 151, pl. 114.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), p. 34. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 150, fig. 92. 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. 70. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 151, pl. 114.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 138-153.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited-Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), pp. 3-48.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited-Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), pp. 3-48.
