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2 of 3 • Scarabs from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27) (seals and backs): top and third rows: 07-2-102 (= MFA 11.1064), 07-2-67 (= MFA 11.1013), 07-2-85 (= MFA 11.1125); second and bottom rows: 07-2-17 (= MFA 11.955), 07-2-68 (= MFA 11.1000), 07-2-86 (= MFA 11.1054), 07-2-45 (= MFA 11.1061)
Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), mummy (J1-71), scarabs (07-2-85 = MFA 11.1125, 07-2-86 = MFA 11.1054), rectangular seal (07-2-87 = MFA 11.1068), and rectangular amulet (07-2-88 = MFA 11.970) in situ by hand
Scarabs from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27) (seals and backs): top and third rows: 07-2-102 (= MFA 11.1064), 07-2-67 (= MFA 11.1013), 07-2-85 (= MFA 11.1125); second and bottom rows: 07-2-17 (= MFA 11.955), 07-2-68 (= MFA 11.1000), 07-2-86 (= MFA 11.1054), 07-2-45 (= MFA 11.1061)
Amulets and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all associated with mummy 71: top row: 07-2-87 (= MFA 11.1068, seal), 07-2-84 (= MFA 11.1121, glass vase), __-__-__ (ring beads); second row: 07-2-86 (= MFA 11.1054, scarab), 07-2-89 (= MFA 11.1052, flask amulet); third row: 07-2-88 (= MFA 11.970, rectangular amulet), 07-2-90 (two udjats, complete amulet = MFA 11.998, fragment = MFA 11.1053); fourth and bottom rows: 07-2-91 (cowrie shells and faience cylinder beads)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Steatite scarab; green glaze with brown spots on upper part, incised hieroglyphs on base; lower face nicked. [07-2-86]
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1054
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Seals, sealings & stoppers
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, near left wrist of mummy 71)
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- Material
- Steatite
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- Dimensions
- Width x length: 1.1 x 1.5 cm (7/16 x 9/16 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
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
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- Date of Register Entry
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
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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. 1907: 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 1907.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.
