Copy of greywacke triad with figures of Menkaure, Hathor, and Hare nome goddess.
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- ID
- MFAB_09.200.1
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (original). Cast for plaster reproduction made in Boston prior to 1920.
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- Material
- Plaster
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- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 84.5 x 43.5 x 49 cm (33 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 19 5/16 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 (original)
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- Attested
- Menkaure
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- Notes
- This is a reproduction of an object excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture during the Old Kingdom." In Nicolas Grimal, ed. Les Critères de Datation Stylistiques à l'Ancien Empire. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1998, pp. 164-165.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- 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.
Name of this image
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- Heather ONeill heather@pixelsforhumans.com
- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
- Luke Hollis luke@archimedes.digital