File:Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Niuserra or later, 2408-2377 BC - Seated Statue of Nykara - 1964.90 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Seated Statue of Nykara   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Seated Statue of Nykara
Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
Description
This statue inscribed on the base for the chief of the granary, Nykara, comes from the same tomb as the false door. A statue of granite was an expensive commodity. Monumental red granite was quarried at Aswan in the south of Egypt and had to be shipped more than five hundred miles downstream to Nykara's tomb in the area of Memphis.
Date 2408-2377 BC
Medium Red granite and pigment
Dimensions Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession number
1964.9
Place of creation Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Niuserra or later, 2408-2377 BC
Credit line Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.90

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