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Seated Statue of Nykara
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSeated Statue of Nykara, 2408–2377 BCE. Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE) or later. Red granite and pigment; overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1964.90
