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Upper torso from alabaster statue of Menkaure

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Upper torso from alabaster statue of Menkaure; broken and mended. [published no. 2a = 07-4-11 + 07-4-12]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.3146
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT)
  • Material
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions
    Height x width x depth: 31.8 x 46.4 x 19.7 cm (12 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
  • Owner
    Menkaure
  • 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.
  • Remarks
    Registration numbers obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 59, cat. 7.

    Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 22, 108.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Menkaure

    • 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.