Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Head [and right shoulder] of small limestone statue; [striated wig with evidence of natural hairline beneath, two ridges on right shoulder indicate cloak]; trace of black paint on wig. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:1
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- ID
- HUMFA_28-5-20
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Street G 7500, debris on top of stairway leading to [G 7524] a, [possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530]
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 9.5 cm Width: 10.3 cm Thickness: 7.9 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: 30.1461
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- Date of Register Entry
- 05/03/1928
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, pl. 19a-c.
Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture during the Old Kingdom. Part II: Uninscribed Sculptures." In Christiane Ziegler, ed. L'art de l'ancien empire égyptien. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1999, pp. 105, 134, fig. 23.
Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture dunring the Old Kingdom." In Nicolas Grimal, ed. Les Critères de Datation Stylistiques à l'Ancien Empire. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1998, p. 163, note 22.
Fischer, Henry G. Varia Nova. Egyptian Studies 3. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, p. 114, n. 12.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 199.
Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, pp. 42-43, fig. 146.
ID: MFAB_AAW399
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (profile proper left): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: HUMFA_C11525_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (profile proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW409
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (front): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: HUMFA_C11522_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (quarter view proper left): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW408
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (quarter view proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: HUMFA_C11521_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (front): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: HUMFA_C11524_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (quarter view proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: HUMFA_C11523_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (profile proper left): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW395
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (back): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW392
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (profile proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW397
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (front): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW437
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (profile proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
ID: MFAB_AAW550
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Head and shoulder fragment of limestone statue from street G 7500, in debris above stairway leading to G 7524 a, possibly originally from G 7530-7540: G 7530 (quarter view proper right): 28-5-20 (= MFA 30.1461)
