Digital Giza | Fragment of limestone statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4520, G 4522

Fragment of white limestone statuette, seated figure, part of hand and knee; traces of reddish color. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_14-3-30
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Hard debris on E face of mastaba G 4520, [originally from G 4522]
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Width: ca 2.5 cm Length: ca 6 cm Thickness: ca 1.4 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 14.1460
Period

Old Kingdom
Date of Register Entry

03/28/1914
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 4520
- Site Name Western Cemetery
G 4522
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 062
- ID: HUMFA_14-3-30

Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 507 (attributed to G 4522).