Digital Giza | Fragments of alabaster statues

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5223, G 5411, G 4813

Fragments of several clear alabaster statuettes and statues, [among them]: toe and other parts of royal statue greater than life-sized; two beards and other parts of royal statuettes; these were undoubtedly from temple of pyramid broken up here to make into model vessels. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_14-11-107
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Between mastabas G 5110 and G 5230 W [(= mastaba)], sand in floor of debris strip 2
Material

Alabaster
Credit Line

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

MFA accession numbers: 14.1693.1–14.1693.3
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
Date of Register Entry

11/21/1914
Mentioned in entry

Qurqar
Remarks

Compare similar deposits in front of G 2370 and in Menkaure Valley Temple; one basket full in strip 1, two in strip 2 found on this day, see also 14-11-110. Four fragments accessioned as follows: one fragment of beard accessioned as MFA 14.1693.1; two fitting fragments of beard accessioned as MFA 14.1693.2; one fragment of base accessioned as MFA 14.1693.3. Related fragments probably from one statue: 14-12-49b (two fitting fragments of proper left half of face) = MFA 21.951a and MFA 21.951e + 14-12-71 (three fitting fragments of proper left shoulder, chest, upper arm) = MFA 21.951b and MFA 21.951c and MFA 21.951d + 14-12-72a (proper right wrist and part of pleated kilt) = MFA 14.1753.1 + 14-12-72b (proper right shoulder) = MFA 14.1753.2 + 14-11-107.1 (part of beard) = MFA 14.1693.1 + 14-12-65.2 (part of pleated kilt) = MFA 14.1751.2 + 14-12-65.21 and 14-12-65.24 (part of proper right side of nemes wig and lappet) = MFA 14.1751.21 and MFA 14.1751.24 + 14-12-65.81 (part of proper left lappet) + 14-12-65.82 (part of proper left side of nemes wig).
Problems/Questions

MFA accession numbers verified