Digital Giza | Limestone seated statue of Nefersehefen (?)

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ID

HUMFA_35-9-39
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Pit G 2185 B
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm Width: 14 cm Thickness: 25 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 37.640
Date of Register Entry

09/27/1935
Owner

Nefersehefen (G 2185)
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

G 2185
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 2

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), pp. 26-32.
- Date: April 1938
Unsigned. "Acquisitions, August 13-December 14, 1938." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 213 (February 1938), p. 18.
- Date: April 1938

Unpublished Documents 2

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 064
- ID: HUMFA_35-9-39
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 064 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_35-9-39

Full Bibliography

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. 28, fig. 4.

People 1

Ancient People

Nefersehefen (G 2185)
- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 2185. Fragmentary (incomplete) limestone standing statue (MFA 12.1483) inscribed for Nefersehefen; found in G 2185. Uninscribed limestone seated statue (35-9-39 = MFA 37.640) attributed to Nefersehefen; found in G 2185 B.

ID: HUMFA_OR27_p1296

Subjects: Object register page:

ID: HUMFA_B8695_NS

Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2185, G 2407

Description: Limestone statues (from left to right): uninscribed seated statue attributed to Nefersehefen from G 2185 B: 35-9-39 (= MFA 37.640); standing statue of Khuienkhufu from G 2407 D: 36-4-53 (= MFA 37.638); seated statue of Kaemiset from G 2407 D: 36-4-52 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67571)

ID: HUMFA_C13548_NS

Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2185

Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2185 B, uninscribed limestone seated statue attributed to Nefersehefen (35-9-39 = MFA 37.640) in situ in shaft, looking NE

ID: HUMFA_C13549_NS

Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2185

Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2185 B, uninscribed limestone seated statue attributed to Nefersehefen (35-9-39 = MFA 37.640) in situ in shaft, looking NE (closer view than C13548)