Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2320 = G 5280
White limestone seated triad statuette, two men with woman in middle, Pehenptah and Amendjefaes; painted in usual conventional colors; badly shattered, not complete, colors fairly well preserved. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-10-4
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2320 (= G 5280), serdab (some fragments outside serdab)
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 60 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- MFA accession number
- 13.4330
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- MFA accession number
- 13.4358
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession numbers: 13.4330, 13.4358
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
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- Date of Register Entry
- 10/10/1912
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- Owner
- Pehenptah (G 5280)
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- Attested
- Amendjefaes (in G 4940)
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- Notes
- MFA 13.4358 deaccessioned to Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis, Tennessee (1981.1.4), but returned to MFA in exchange for 36-5-31 = MFA 37.662 deaccessioned = Memphis 1987.2.1
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- Remarks
- Shattered triad statue from G 2320 (= G 5280) serdab: 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4330 (triad) + 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4358 (fragment of female figure) + 12-11-22 = MFA 13.3160 (fragment of male figure proper right).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 261-273, fig. 1, pls. XLVI.1-2.
Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "The Striding Statue of Pehenptah (JE 44609)." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, pp. 305-307, 311-312.
Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, pp. 59, 74, #30, pl. 14a.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, p. 35, figs. 19, 20.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Seshemnefer [I] (owner of G 4940). Appears in chapel relief (west and north walls), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 4940. Mother of Pehenptah (owner of G 5280). Limestone standing pair statue (12-10-3 = KHM Vienna ÄS 7502) inscribed for Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes; found in G 5280 serdab. Shattered triad statue (12-10-4 = MFA 13.4330 triad + 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4358 fragment of female figure + 12-11-22 = MFA 13.3160 fragment of male figure proper right) of Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes; found in G 5280 serdab (some fragments from outside serdab).
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 5280. False door inscribed for Pehenptah; found in situ in G 5280. Limestone drum lintel (39-9-2) inscribed for Pehenptah, identified as [rx nswt sS a n nswt] royal acquaintance, royal document scribe; found displaced in G 5280. Limestone standing statue (12-10-2 = Cairo JE 44609) inscribed for Pehenptah and limestone standing pair statue (12-10-3 = KHM Vienna ÄS 7502) inscribed for Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes; both found in G 5280 serdab. Shattered triad statue (12-10-4 = MFA 13.4330 triad + 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4358 fragment of female figure + 12-11-22 = MFA 13.3160 fragment of male figure proper right) of Pehenptah and his mother Amendjefaes; found in G 5280 serdab with some fragments from outside serdab. Son of Seshemnefer [I] (owner of G 4940). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (between false doors, north end, lower register, second figure from left); in situ in G 4940.