Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Statue of Nykara

Date

2408–2377 BCE

Medium

red granite and pigment

Culture

Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre (2445–2422 BCE) or later

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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