"Old Kingdom Egyptians sought to express a person’s intangible personality through a multiplicity of images. Nikare, who was Chief of the Granary, was represented by at least four statues. Two of them are in the Metropoligan Museum. One, carved from granite, shows him as a scribe (48.67). In this one he is depicted with his wife, Khuennub, who kneels at his left side, and his daughter, Khuennebti, who stands to his right, beside his legs. This statue is remarkable for its accurate depiction of anatomical details. Note the deltoid grooves on the shoulders as well as Nikare’s scapular ridges and the vertebra at the base of his neck."
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5
Reign: reign of Niuserre or later
Date: ca. 2420–2389 B.C. or later
Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Saqqara
Medium: Limestone, paint
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tags: Biographypublic figures
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