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Base fragment of limestone statue of Heti

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2360, G 2391, G 2300 = G 5190, G 2326, G 2340 = G 5480

Fragment of white limestone statuette, front end of base with left foot; foot red, inscription. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-11-1
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2360 A, upper debris of shaft, [originally from G 2340 = G 5480]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 10.3 cm Length: 9.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3447
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/01/1912
  • Owner
    Heti (G 5480)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2360

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5480

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Dig Divided: The Giza Mastaba of Heti, G 5480 (Giza Archives Gleaning IV)." In Zahi Hawass, Peter Der Manuelian and Ramadan Hussein, eds. Perspectives on Ancient Egypt. Studies in Honor of Edward Brovarski. CASAE 40. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2010, pp. 236, 238–240, 244-245, 250, note 5, figs. 3, 24-26.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Heti (G 5480)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 5480. Appears in chapel relief (west and north walls and chapel entrance door jamb, name not preserved in chapel); in situ in G 5480. Headless seated statue (Cairo TR 20.1.41.4) inscribed for Heti, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; incomplete standing pair statue (Cambridge E 42.1926) inscribed for Heti and his sister Khenut, and base of limestone standing statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 8543) inscribed for Heti, identified (on both) as [zAb jmy-r sS] judge, overseer of scribes; all found in G 5480 serdab. Limestone statue base (12-11-1 = MFA 13.3447) inscribed for Heti, identified as [zAb jmy-r sS] judge, overseer of scribes; found in upper debris of G 2360 A, originally from G 2340 = G 5480. Uninscribed scribal statue of Heti (Hildesheim 2407); head found in mastaba of Khenit, body found in serdab of G 5480.