Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2088
Twelve fragments of rectangular yellow limestone table, belonging to servant statue, figure stood on small end of table; right hand perserved on upper edge of table and left foot beside opposite rear leg of table, top of table sloping downwards away from figure, inscribed [GLYPHS] Katjesu on top of base along long left side of table facing out right, table painted red-brown (?). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:3
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- ID
- HUMFA_38-4-17
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2088, room c
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 14.5 cm Width: 9.8 cm Length: 20 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: 38.2155
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/08/1938
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- Owner
- Katjesu (in G 2088)
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 82, fig. 38, p. 84.
Roth, Ann Macy. "The Meaning of Menial Labor: 'Servant Statues' in Old Kingdom Serdabs." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 39 (2002), p. 113.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fragment of limestone servant statue (38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155) inscribed for Katjesu; found in G 2088.
ID: HUMFA_B8954_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): G 2088, Kakhent and Pehenptah, outside serdab 2 in court (= room c), fragments of servant and other statues (38-4-1 = MFA 38.2146, 38-4-2 = Cairo JE 72139, 38-4-3 = MFA 38.2147, 38-4-7 = MFA 38.2149, 38-4-8, 38-4-9 = MFA 38.2150, 38-4-11 = MFA 38.2151, 38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155, 38-4-19 = MFA 38.2157) in situ, looking E
ID: HUMFA_C14233_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2088
Description: Fragmentary stone objects from G 2088: 38-4-17 (= MFA 38.2155, fragments of rectangular yellow limestone table from servant statue inscribed for Katjesu); 38-4-19 (= MFA 38.2157, half of white limestone rectangular basin [from servant statue ?])
ID: HUMFA_C14234_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2088
Description: Fragmentary stone objects from G 2088: 38-4-17 (= MFA 38.2155, fragments of rectangular yellow limestone table from servant statue inscribed for Katjesu); 38-4-19 (= MFA 38.2157, half of white limestone rectangular basin [from servant statue ?])
ID: HUMFA_C14149_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): G 2088, Kakhent and Pehenptah, outside serdab 2 in court (= room c), fragments of servant and other statues (38-4-1 = MFA 38.2146, 38-4-2 = Cairo JE 72139, 38-4-3 = MFA 38.2147, 38-4-7 = MFA 38.2149, 38-4-8, 38-4-9 = MFA 38.2150, 38-4-11 = MFA 38.2151, 38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155, 38-4-19 = MFA 38.2157) in situ, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A7982_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): G 2088, Kakhent and Pehenptah, outside serdab 2 in court (= room c), fragments of servant and other statues (38-4-1 = MFA 38.2146, 38-4-2 = Cairo JE 72139, 38-4-3 = MFA 38.2147, 38-4-7 = MFA 38.2149, 38-4-8, 38-4-9 = MFA 38.2150, 38-4-11 = MFA 38.2151, 38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155, 38-4-19 = MFA 38.2157) in situ, looking E
ID: HUMFA_A7983_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): G 2088, Kakhent and Pehenptah, outside serdab 2 in court (= room c), fragments of servant and other statues (38-4-1 = MFA 38.2146, 38-4-2 = Cairo JE 72139, 38-4-3 = MFA 38.2147, 38-4-7 = MFA 38.2149, 38-4-8, 38-4-9 = MFA 38.2150, 38-4-11 = MFA 38.2151, 38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155, 38-4-19 = MFA 38.2157) in situ, looking WNW
ID: HUMFA_A7981_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2088
Description: Cemetery G 2000 (area NE of G 2000 = Lepsius 23): G 2088, Kakhent and Pehenptah, outside serdab 2 in court (= room c), fragments of servant and other statues (38-4-1 = MFA 38.2146, 38-4-2 = Cairo JE 72139, 38-4-3 = MFA 38.2147, 38-4-7 = MFA 38.2149, 38-4-8, 38-4-9 = MFA 38.2150, 38-4-11 = MFA 38.2151, 38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155, 38-4-19 = MFA 38.2157) in situ, looking W
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