Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Painted limestone statuette of Ptahneferti as small boy; figure naked and wearing a sidelock stands with left foot forward, left arm at side, right arm raised with forefinger extended to touch lip (a characteristic gesture in Egyptian representations of children); body painted red, hair and eyebrows black, eyes yellow, base and back pillar black.
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- ID
- MFAB_06.1881
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2009, serdab
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- Material
- Painted limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
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- Date of Register Entry
- about 2465–2323 B.C.
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- Owner
- Ptahneferti (in G 2009)
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- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)
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- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Bates, Oric. "Sculptures from the Excavations at Giza, 1905-1906." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5, No. 26 (1907), p. 21.
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 89, cat. 16.
Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 92.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 56, 59, fig. 33.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Limestone standing statue (MFA 06.1881) inscribed for Ptahneferti (depicted as young boy), identified as [Hmwtj] craftsman; found in situ in G 2009 serdab.
ID: HUMFA_A6046_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking NW
ID: HUMFA_B1575_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (front): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: B7822_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1576_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: B7823_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1526_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking W. [Image also known as: B7816_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1527_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking N. [Image also known as: B7817_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1528_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking NW. [Image also known as: B7818_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1529_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking NW. [Image also known as: B7819_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C816_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (profile proper right): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: C12117_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C817_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: C12674_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C818_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper left): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: C12116_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C990_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (front): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: C12119_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C996_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (front): MFA 06.1881. [Image also known as: C12118_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1247_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking W. [Image also known as: C12102_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1286_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking N. [Image also known as: C12096_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1399_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking W. [Image also known as: C12098_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1405_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking N. [Image also known as: C12105_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1409_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking S. [Image also known as: C12110_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1410_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) in situ, looking E. [Image also known as: C12114_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1429_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking N. [Image also known as: C12104_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1464_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking NW. [Image also known as: C12108_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1657_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2009
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2009, serdab, roofing removed, statues (standing pair statue = Cairo JE 38670, seated pair statue = MFA 06.1885, triad = MFA 06.1882, statue of boy = MFA 06.1881) and offering table (MFA 06.1883) in situ, looking W. [Image also known as: C12106_NS]
ID: MFAB_AAW800
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Painted limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1881
ID: MFAB_AAW833
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Painted limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1881
ID: MFAB_AAW1576
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Painted limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1881
ID: MFAB_AAW1723
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2009
Description: Painted limestone statue of Ptahneferti as a boy from G 2009, serdab (front): MFA 06.1881
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