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early 5th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC , From Giza, tomb G 4970
Chent was the wife of a high official in whose tomb the statue depicting her with one of her children was found. Her son Rudju is shown nude (typical for representations of children); his head is shaved except for a youth lock, and he raises one finger to his mouth.
Statue
Ägyptisch
Old Kingdom,
early 5th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC
Painted limestone
H 53 cm, B 26 cm, T 38 cm, G ca. 50 kg
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 7507
1912/13, excavated by the Academy of Sciences, Vienna
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