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Hemiunu's
tomb
lies
close
to
Khufu's
pyramid,
and
contains
reliefs
of
his
image.
Some
stones
of
his
badly
damaged
mastaba
(G4000
(es))
are
marked
with
dates
referring
to
Khufu's
reign.[6]
His
statue[7]
can
be
found
at
the
Pelizaeus
Museum,
Hildesheim,
Germany.[3]
This
statue
is
scheduled
to
be
loaned
for
the
opening
of
the
Grand
Egyptian
Museum
(as
of
August
2016
the
Egyptian
Museum
has
not
yet
been
opened,
and
the
statue
is
still
on
display
in
Hildesheim).
The
statue
was
found
in
the
walled-up
serdab
of
Hemiunu's
mastaba
by
archaeologist
Hermann
Junker
in
March
1912.
Ancient
looters
had
ransacked
the
mastaba
in
their
quest
for
valuable
items
and
the
wall
to
the
serbad
had
a
child-sized
hole
cut
into
it.
The
robber
forcefully
gouged
out
the
statue's
precious
inlaid
eyes
and
gold
castings,
in
the
process
the
right
arm
was
broken
and
the
head
severed.
The
head
has
been
restored,[8]
using
a
relief
of
Hemiunu
as
a
guide
for
the
nose's
profile.
The
seated
statue
is
well-preserved
apart
from
the
damage
mentioned
above
and
is
notable
for
its
unusual
realism,
with
Hemiunu's
features
only
lightly
stylized,
and
clearly
based
on
his
actual
appearance.
His
unidealized
body
is
frankly
shown
as
flabby,
with
a
notable
accumulation
of
fat
in
the
pectoral
region.
This
contrasts
with
the
more
usual
virile
representation
of
male
subjects
in
royal
portraiture
in
this
and
most
succeeding
periods
of
Ancient
Egyptian
art.
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