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Fragments of alabaster statues

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4620

Fragments of clear alabaster statuette[s]; [a)] back part of wig and, [b)] innumerable [other] fragments. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-3-2
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Street E of mastaba G 4620, sand debris just above solid rock
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 14.1444.1–14.1444.6, 47.1722
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/18/1914
  • Remarks
    MFA 14.1444.1: one fragment, possibly part of MFA 24.603 (reconstructed alabaster statue of Babaef); MFA 14.1444.2: two fitting fragments; MFA 14.1444.3: three fitting fragments; MFA 14.1444.4: twelve fitting fragments (head); MFA 14.1444.5: two fitting fragments (left side of face), joins head MFA 14.1444.4; MFA 14.1444.6: one fragment, possibly belongs with MFA 11.3146 (upper torso of alabaster statue of Menkaure). MFA 47.1722: thirteen joining (eight joined, five loose) fragments of alabaster statue: including fragments from 14-3-1 + 14-3-2 + 15-1-29.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4620

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 4