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Accessory from limestone servant statue: jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2371, G 2385, G 2501

Piece from painted limestone [servant statue]: jar, red wash, hole in side with wooden peg. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    MMA_64.66.4
  • Department
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2385, serdab 1 (S1)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 6.8 cm Width: 5.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_12-12-195
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_13.3431
  • Object Ownership Information
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA_64.66.4; deaccessioned MFAB_13.3431
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, First half of Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/18/1912
  • Object owned by
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Notes
    Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1912. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_13.3431). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
  • Remarks
    Due to some confusion in the object register, HUMFA_12-12-195 (MFAB_13.3431) was thought to consist of two nearly identical model jars, only one of which was accessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and then deaccessioned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, as MMA_64.66.4. However, it appears that the other jar in question is actually HUMFA_12-12-194 (MFAB_13.3430), which is still in the MFA's collection.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA and MMA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2385

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Institutions 1