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| Keywords: Egyptian - Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife, Nefer-shemes - Walters 22425.jpg Found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh located about seventy miles to the south of modern Cairo this pair statue of the mayor Nen-kheft-ka and his wife Nefer-shemes exemplifies in the pose and relative scale of its subjects the standard Egyptian artistic conventions for the representation of men and women Nen-kheft-ka strides forward with his left foot and holds his arms closely at his sides while his wife is depicted on a smaller scale and stands with her feet together Each statue was carved separately and altered prior to burial to fit into a shared base ca 2350 BC Old Kingdom limestone traces of paint cm 54 5 31 22 3 accession number 22 425 29200 Excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie Deshasheh Egypt 1897 Museum of Fine Arts Boston October 1897 by gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund no 97 1092 Walters Art Museum 1973 by exchange Museum acquisition by exchange with Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1973 Translation Inscribed near feet Royal acquaintance Nen-kheft-ka; Translation Inscribed near feet Royal acquaintance Nefer-shemes Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Giza Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian Old Kingdom | ||||
