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Accessory from limestone servant statue: beer strainer

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5564, G 5563

Limestone [model "beer strainer"] belonging to servant statue (cf. 35-11-25); painted red, yellow, and black, hole on top and hole in center of bottom. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    MMA_64.66.5
  • Department
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2347a E (= G 5564 C)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 9.4 cm Diameter: max: 6 cm; min: 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_35-11-26
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_37.654
  • Object Ownership Information
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA_64.66.5; deaccessioned MFAB_37.654
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/12/1935
  • Object owned by
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Notes
    Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1935. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_37.654). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
  • Remarks
    pits G 2347a CDE = pits G 5564 ABC
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA and MMA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5564

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

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