Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
White limestone [reserve] head of man; upper part of face very rudely cut, traces of pinkish plaster over all, but on left side of upper lip a patch of thick plaster still intact showing finely modeled surface, whole was originally modeled in this manner, ears were fastened on by two pegs (two holes) on each ear, irregular cut over back of head (perhaps to bond plaster). Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_15-1-8
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4940 B, NE corner
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 27 cm Width: back: 17 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 21.329
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre ?
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/06/1915
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid."Die bewegte Geschichte der Mastaba Seschemnofers III. (G 5170)." Sokar 9 (2. Halbjahr, 2004), p. 34.
Millet, N.B. "The Reserve Heads of the Old Kingdom." In William Kelly Simpson and Whitney M. Davis, eds. Studies in Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Sudan: Essays in Honor of Dows Dunham on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday, June 1, 1980. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, p. 130.
ID: HUMFA_D65_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (back): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D60_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D61_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D62_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D63_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D64_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_C6526_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4940
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4940 B, limestone reserve head (15-1-8 = MFA 21.329) in situ, looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW696
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW697
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW698
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW702
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW704
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW705
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (back): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW706
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (back): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW707
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW708
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW712
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1621
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1737
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1738
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (back): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1739
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1740
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1741
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: MFAB_AAW1811
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
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