499603 Seated Statue of Nykara, 2408-2377 BC (red granite & pigment) by Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC); 53.4x20.5x28 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: This statue inscribed on the base for the chief of the granary, Nykara, comes from the same tomb as the false door nearby. A statue of granite was an expensive commodity. Monumental red granite was quarried at Aswan in the south of Egypt and had to be shipped more than five hundred miles downstream to Nykara??? tomb in the area of Memphis. Reign of Niuserra or later, 2408-2377 BC;); Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; Egyptian, out of copyright.