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Wood statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5564

Wood statuette, in two pieces, base and figure; eye put on in white plaster, hair painted black; right side of face and ear gone, both legs broken, chip of lower end of [kilt] on right broken off, two holes in breast. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-11-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2347a C (= G 5564 A), chamber, under debris
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: figure: 18.9 cm; total: 19.3 cm Width: figure: 4.5 cm; base: 4.5 cm Length: base: 9.7 cm Thickness: figure: 5 cm; base: 1.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 37.1321
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/11/1935
  • Remarks
    pits G 2347a CDE = pits G 5564 ABC
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5564

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 84.