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Head of limestone statue of woman

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4140

Head of white limestone statuette of full-faced woman, wearing wig falling over ears to neck; workmanship fair, nose and one eye badly damaged, numerous bruises over top and back. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-39
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 4140, debris filling chapel
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 19.1446
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/05/1913
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4140

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 465.