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Standing woman

beginning of the 6th Dynasty, ca. 2360 BC , Presumably from Giza

 

 

Standing woman

The identity of the woman in this uninscribed statue, like its provenance, is not known. But comparative material suggests that it comes from Giza. The subject wears a woman’s typical long dress with shoulder straps; traces of her painted collar-like necklace are scarcely discernible today. Across the forehead her natural hair is visible under the striated wig she wears.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Raum VII

Object data

Object Name

Statue

Culture

Ägyptisch

Period

Old Kingdom,

Dated

beginning of the 6th Dynasty, ca. 2360 BC

Material

Painted limestone

Dimensions

H 42,8 cm, B 11 cm, T 15,8 cm, G

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Inv. No.

Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 9999

Provenance

1993, purchased

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