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Fragments of red granite statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7101, G 7410-7420, street G 7200, G 4813

Four fragments of nearly life-sized red granite statue: left shoulder and upper arm, three fragments of left elbow and forearm. Another fragment of this statue was found [MMA_64.66.3 = deaccessioned MFAB_21.932]: head and [proper] right shoulder (perfect except for tip of nose). Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-11-69
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4813 C
  • Material
    Granite
  • Dimensions
    Height: ca 33.3 cm Width: 32.3 cm Thickness: 21.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/25/1915
  • Object owned by
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Notes
    Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1915. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds. Head and right shoulder fragment accessioned as MFAB_21.932. Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired as MMA_64.66.3 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964. Four left shoulder and arm fragments remain in the MFA (HUMFA_15-11-69).
  • Remarks
    Four left shoulder and arm fragments = HUMFA_15-11-69; head and right shoulder = MMA_64.66.3 (= deaccessioned MFAB_21.932)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA and MMA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4813

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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