Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2420
Limestone statuette, seated figure (cf. 36-5-29); wears short wig, [kilt] and pleated apron with belt and buckle and tie, body painted brown, collar and [kilt] white, apron yellow, hair and base black, seat red with two black dots to imitate red granite, name [GLYPHS] Inti (?) written in ink vertically on base beside right foot (not clear); broken in six pieces, but only fragment from left shin and left lower corner of base missing. Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_36-5-32
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Pit G 2420 D, IV level (three main pieces found together, two fragments completing face and another completing left shoulder found next day lower down in pit)
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 56 cm Width: 19 cm Length: base: 26 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA 37.641 deaccessioned
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- Date of Register Entry
- 05/16/1936, 05/17/1936
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- Owner
- Inti(?) (in G 2420)
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- Notes
- MFA 37.641 deaccessioned: to Sotheby Parke Bernet for December 1978 sale
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 27, fig. 1.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Limestone seated statue (36-5-32 = MFA 37.641 deaccessioned) inscribed in ink for Inti(?) (name uncertain); found in G 2420 D.