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Piece from painted limestone [servant statue]: calf's head, yellow (?) wash, plaster on back. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    MMA_64.66.7
  • Department
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2385, serdab 1 (S1)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Length: 3.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_12-12-201
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_13.3437
  • Object Ownership Information
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA_64.66.7; deaccessioned MFAB_13.3437
  • 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_13.3437). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA and MMA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2385

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Institutions 1