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2 of 8 • Smaller crude limestone seated statue of man from G 7772 (front): 28-5-219 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72141)
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Smaller crude limestone seated statue of man from G 7772 (front): 28-5-219 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72141)
Smaller crude limestone seated statue of man from G 7772 (profile proper left): 28-5-219 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 72141)
Cemetery G 7000: G 7772, two limestone statues (28-5-218 = MFA 39.832, 28-5-219 = Cairo JE 72141) in situ on wall, looking N
Cemetery G 7000: G 7772, two statues (28-5-218 = MFA 39.832, 28-5-219 = Cairo JE 72141) in situ on wall, looking W
Cemetery G 7000: G 7772, two statues (28-5-218 = MFA 39.832, 28-5-219 = Cairo JE 72141) in situ on wall, looking SW
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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7772

Crude limestone statuette (cf. 28-5-218, this is smaller of the two), seated figure. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_72141
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Debris on wall of G 7772
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height 26 cm Width: base: 14 cm Length: base: 12 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_28-5-219
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15248
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_72141)
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/21/1928
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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, pp. 146-7, 149, 156, figs. 3, 4, 7, 14.

Institutions 1