<em>Kneeling Statuette of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Greywacke (sandstone), Egyptian alabaster (calcite), obsidian, coppe, 6 × 2 3/8 × 3 5/8 in. (15.2 × 6 × 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.121_front_PS6.jpg)

Kneeling Statuette of Pepy I

Medium: Greywacke (sandstone), Egyptian alabaster (calcite), obsidian, coppe

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 6 × 2 3/8 × 3 5/8 in. (15.2 × 6 × 9.2 cm)

Collections:

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 39.121

Image: 39.121_front_PS6.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Small green slate kneeling figure of Mr-y-Rc (Pepy I) holding a wine pot in each hand; eyes inlaid, copper rims, alabaster whites, obsidian pupils. Inscription along front of base (partly missing) and along left side. Condition: Upper right side of headdress chipped; right arm assembled from several fragments but practically intact; right hand broken and portion of wine pot missing; rim of left wine pot slightly chipped; left front of plinth missing, right rear of plinth chipped. Uraeus presumably of metal missing but two holes or insertion remain.

Brooklyn Museum