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Head of alabaster royal statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2370

Head of clear alabaster [royal] statue, two-thirds life-sized; finely polished surfaces; battered. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-2-221
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Embedded in surface on edge of our concession S of G 2370 (found by Ahmed el Mizhif)
  • Material
    Alabaster
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 34.52a
  • Date of Register Entry
    August 1932
  • Owner
    Ahmed el-Mizlef
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2370

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • cf. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 34.

People 1

Modern People

  • Ahmed el-Mizlef

    • Type Owner
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Guard at Giza (from Quft).