Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Steatite scarab; light green glaze, incised hieroglyphs on base (Menkheperre), hole lengthwise; good condition. [07-2-17]
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- ID
- MFAB_11.955
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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 head of mummy 40)
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- Material
- Steatite
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- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .015 L. .001 W.
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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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- Owner
- Thutmose III
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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. 260.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks King of Dynasty 18. prenomen: [mn-xpr-ra] Menkheperre
ID: HUMFA_C2890_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Description: 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)
ID: HUMFA_C419_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Description: Roman coins, scarabs, and gold foil from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): top row: 07-2-108 (= MFA 11.981, coin), 07-2-45 (= MFA 11.1061, scarab), 07-2-96 (= MFA 11.1055, coin); bottom row: 07-2-95 (= MFA 11.980, coin), 07-2-17 (= MFA 11.955, scarab), __-__-__ (gold foil ?)
