Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Unfinished reddish limestone seated statuette of Menkaure; fifth step of work; good condition. [1908 no. 23 = published no. 34 = 08-7-2]
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- ID
- MFAB_11.725
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / room E = magazine III 3)
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height x width: 14.2 x 5.5 cm (5 9/16 x 2 3/16 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 4, reign of Menkaure
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- Owner
- Menkaure
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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. 1908: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
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- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1908.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Grzymski, Krzysztof. "Royal Statuary." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 52.
Hery, François-Xavier. "L'"inachevé" à la salle souterraine de la pyramide de Kheops." Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Atti, Volume I. Turin, 1993, pp. 260-261.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 145.
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 35, 113.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fifth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khafre. Husband of Khamerernebti II. Builder of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Mycerinus.
ID: HUMFA_C547_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Menkaure valley temple, S magazines, room E (= room III 3), limestone statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725) in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C548_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Menkaure valley temple, S magazines, room E (= room III 3), limestone statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725) in situ, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C572_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (front): (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977), (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725)
ID: HUMFA_C573_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977), (1908) 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725)
ID: HUMFA_C594_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977), (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725)
ID: HUMFA_C4544_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right): (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977), (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725). [Image also known as: C1777_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C4576_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Unfinished seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right): (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34 = 08-7-2 = MFA 11.725), (1908) no. 24 (= published no. 37 = 08-7-14 = Cairo JE 41977). [Image also known as: C1809_NS]
ID: MFAB_AAW491
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW501
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW522
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW523
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW525
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW527
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
ID: MFAB_AAW1819
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple
Description: Unfinished limestone seated statuette (1908) no. 23 (= published no. 34) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-2 (= MFA 11.725)
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