Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
White limestone [reserve] head of woman, probably wife of HUMFA_13-11-90. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_13-11-91
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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 4440 A, debris in pit just below top of stone block
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 14.719
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu ?
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/24/1913
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- Remarks
- The distinctive features led Reisner to identify this head as a representation of a Nubian princess, although neither the race nor gender of the statue's owner are certain.
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Arnold, Dorothea. When the Pyramids were Built. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 47, fig. 35.
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Bernard V. Bothmer. "On Realism in Egyptian Funerary Sculpture of the Old Kingdom." In Madeleine E. Cody, ed. Egyptian Art. Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 373, 375, fig. 25.4.
Bolshakov, Andrey. "Hinting as a Method of Old Kingdom Tomb Decoration I. The Offering-Stone and the False Door of the Dwarf Snb." Göttinger Miszellen 139 (1994), p. 26, note 25.
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Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 75.
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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. 129.
Reisner, George A. "Accessions to the Egyptian Department During 1914." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13, No. 76 (April 1915), pp. 31-32, 34, fig. 9.
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Smith, William Stevenson. "Old Kingdom Sculpture." American Journal of Archaeology 45 (1941), pp. 525-526, fig. 5.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 34, 35, fig. 11.
Spanel, Donald. Through Ancient Eyes: Egyptian Portraiture: An Exhibition Organized for the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, April 21-July 31, 1988. Birmingham: The Museum, 1988, p. 12, fig. 15.
Terrace, Edward L.B. "A Fragmentary Triad of King Mycerinus." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 59, No. 316 (1961), p. 47, fig. 6.
ID: HUMFA_C5355_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4440
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4440 A, two limestone reserve heads (13-11-90 = MFA 14.718, 13-11-91 = MFA 14.719) in situ, looking WSW
ID: HUMFA_C5356_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4440
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4440 A, two limestone reserve heads (13-11-90 = MFA 14.718, 13-11-91 = MFA 14.719) in situ, looking WSW
ID: HUMFA_C5363_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: HUMFA_C5364_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: HUMFA_C5365_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: HUMFA_C5366_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: HUMFA_C5367_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: HUMFA_C5441_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5442_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5443_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5444_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719), [G 440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: MFAB_AAW594
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW636
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW639
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW642
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (back): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW645
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (back): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW662
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW665
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW667
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (back): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW678
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW680
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW682
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW684
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW686
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW688
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW719
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1625
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1640
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1729
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1730
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (back): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1731
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1732
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW1814
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW2030
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (front): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW2031
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (quarter view proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW2032
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper right): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
ID: MFAB_AAW2033
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4440
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4440 A (profile proper left): 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719)
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