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Fragmentary limestone servant statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7530-7540

Limestone servant [statue], figure of man squatting with one knee up, slaughtering or skinning animal with knife; in four fragments, incomplete. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-5-8
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 7530-7540: G 7530, room a, debris
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 19.5 cm Width: 9.5 cm Length: 19 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 30.1462
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/04/1927
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

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Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Breasted, James Henry. Egyptian Servant Statues. The Bollingen Series 13. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948, p. 35, no. 1, pl. 32d.

    Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, pl. 18c-d.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 199.