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Limestone seated statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7772

Crude limestone statuette, seated figure [of man]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-5-218
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Debris on wall of G 7772
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 47 cm Width: 18 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 39.832
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/21/1928
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7772

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Freed, Rita E. "Rethiking the Rules for Old Kingdom Sculpture. Observations on Poses and Attributes of Limestone Statuary from Giza." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, p. 147, 156, figs. 4, 14.

    Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 97.

    Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 30, fig. 16.