The Satellite Pyramid of Pepy I

The Satellite Pyramid of Pepy I is placed at is orthodox place, to the south-east of the main pyramid of king Pepy. Its coming corridor opens onto a high single chamber. The archaeological remains, such as parts of statues, stelae and offering tables, discovered here read that the cult for Pepi I covered to well into the Middle Kingdom. An inscription left behind by Khaemwaset, the illustrious son of the even more known Ramses II, reports how, by his time, this complex had suffered and rotted. Nevertheless, it was this complex that would have its name, mn-nfr, to the nearby city, noted today under its Greek name, Memphis.

Alabaster Statue of Pepy I

Alabaster Statue of Pepy I

The alabaster statue of Pepy I is a high statue about 26 centimetres, now at the Brooklyn Museum. This alabaster statue pictures King Pepy I seated on a throne. The throne itself is very simple and left plain, but it is made to resemble the hieroglyphic that represents the name of the goddess Isis, mother of Horus. The king jades the White Crown of Upper-Egypt and a garment that deals his upper body to his knees. This dress is mindful of the robe the king assumes during the Heb-Sed festival. In his hands, he holds the crook and the flail, additional signs of his royal house. The falcon sat behind him on the back of his throne represents Horus, the god of kingship. The king is therefore established under the security of or even as the enduring shape of Horus.

Copper Statues Pepy I and his son Merenre

Copper Statues Pepy I and his son Merenre

Plausibly the most famous copper artifacts from the Old Kingdom are the huge copper  statue of King Pepy I (sixth Dynasty) and the much earlier statue of his son Merenre, both  turned up by James Quibell at Hierakonpolis, along with the signal gold image of  the god Horus. The statues were made by hammer plates of copper over a woody  core. They were found in a poor state of saving and have never taken proper care  or scholarly care. Large-scale metal statues from the Middle and New Kingdoms are  quite great, as hard stone had become the desired medium.

Grave in metal has been little kept from early periods in Egyptian history and  as a lead we know little about its manufacture. Copper statues of King Pepy I and his son Merenre from the sixth Dynasty present that metal sculpture existed. These examples,  at  least,  were  formed  over  a  awkward  core  rather  than  being  projected.  From the Third Intermediate Period on there is considerable manifest  for  the  process  of  lost  wax  casting in the thousands of close images of deities and sacred animals which abound.