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Seated statue of Nefer-ihi
General Information

The official is shown seated on a cube-shaped seat set upon a large pedestal. He is wearing a short curly wig and a smooth kilt. His right hand is fisted and holds a cloth amulet; the left hand is placed flat on the thigh.

Number 0013
Storing Place The Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum - Hildesheim - Germany
Material Granite
Type Statue
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Giza - Giza Governate - Egypt
Width 18.9 cm
Height 49.5 cm
Thickness 38 cm
Historical Period The Fifth Dynasty – The Old Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

imi-rA Hwi(w) iri(w)-is / iri-ixt-nswt nfr-iHi


Translation

"[1] The overseer of washermen (?), the constructor of tombs, [2] the steward of the king, Nefer-ihi"

Scientific Publishing

E. M. Pardey, Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), (Mainz, 1977), 23-29.
G. Roeder, Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, (Hildesheim, 1921), 48.
H. Kayser, Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, (Hildesheim, 1973), 46.
PM, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, III. : Memphis, (Oxford, 1974), 116.

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