Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Fragment of alabaster [royal] statue [attributed to Khafre], three-fifths life-sized figure, throat and lower part of right ear, fits [head/face] 14-12-1 (q.v.). Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-206
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Sand in front of G 5230 N [(= N chapel/serdab)], on E
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- Height: 11 cm Width: 11.5 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 21.351
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/30/1914
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- Owner
- Khafre
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- Mentioned in entry
- Shiaka
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- Remarks
- 14-12-1 (face) + 14-11-206 (throat) + unidentified fragment (part of back of head/nemes headdress with tip of uraeus tail) = MFA 21.351 + 33-2-204 (part of top of head with uraeus) = MFA 33.1113
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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. 58, fig. 46.
Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 255. cat. 58.
Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty: Iconography and Style." In Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin, eds. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6-12 septembre 2004, vol. I. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 150. Leuven: Uitgeveru Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2007, p. 732, note 56.
Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: A Reassessment." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. I. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 302, 303.
Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 66, fig. 19.
Hawass, Zahi. "The Great Sphinx at Giza: Date and Function." In Gian Maria Zaccone and Tomaso Ricardi di Netro (eds.) Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Atti, Volume II. Turin, 1993, p. 183.
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. 55, cat. 4.
Sanborn, Ashton. "New Installation of Egyptian Sculpture." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 23, No. 140 (December 1925), p. 72.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 42, 45, fig. 21.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khufu. Builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza and probably of the Great Sphinx as well. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Khephren. A number of diorite and greywacke statues and statue fragments depicting the king have been discovered in Khafre's valley temple, including Cairo CG 9-17. The fragmentary head of an alabaster royal statue (MFA 21.351 + MFA 33.1113) is attributed to Khafre.
Modern People
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- Type Mentioned in entry
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Expedition worker at Giza.
ID: HUMFA_A2279_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230, G 5110, G 5223
Description: Fragments of alabaster royal statues: [G 5223 A] 14-12-72a (= MFA 14.1753.1, part of wrist and pleated kilt), [vicinity of NE corner of G 5330 and E of G 5230 N] 14-12-1 (face) + 14-11-206 (throat and lower part of right ear) (= MFA 21.351), [G 5110] 14-12-49b (= MFA 21.951a + MFA 21.951e, two fitting fragments of left half of face), [G 5223 A] 14-12-71 (= MFA 21.951b + MFA 21.951c + MFA 21.951d, three fitting fragments of left shoulder, chest, and upper arm), 14-12-72b (= MFA 14.1753.2, part of right shoulder)
ID: HUMFA_C6525_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (quarter view proper right): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351)
ID: MFAB_AAW277
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (front): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW278
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (front): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW279
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (back): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW362
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (profile proper right): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW1632
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (front): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW1762
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (quarter view proper right): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW1763
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (quarter view proper left): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW1764
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (back): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW1810
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (front): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
ID: MFAB_AAW2036
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5330, G 5230
Description: Fragmentary head of alabaster statue attributed to Khafre from various locations in eastern part of Western Cemetery (front): [debris at NE corner of mastaba G 5330] 14-12-1 + [sand E of G 5230 N (= N chapel/serdab)] 14-11-206 (= MFA 21.351) + [debris of water channel E of mastaba G 2370] 33-2-204 (= MFA 33.1113)
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