Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Painted limestone pair statue, depicting Ptahkhenui and his wife. Ptahkhenui stands to his wife's right, in the characteristic pose of Egyptian statues of men, with his left foot forward and his hands clenched at his sides. He wears a short wig, broad collar, and a knee-length kilt. His wife, who wears a shoulder-length wig, a broad collar, a wide bracelet and a tightly-fitting sheath dress, stands with her right arm around his waist and her left hand touching his arm in a gesture of affection. The woman's head was broken off when found but is closely fitted to the body. The paint on both figures is particularly well preserved.
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- ID
- MFAB_06.1876
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2004, serdab
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- Material
- Painted limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 70.14 cm (27 5/8 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 5
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- Date of Register Entry
- about 2465–2323 B.C.
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- Owner
- Ptahkhenui (G 2004)
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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. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)
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- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Bates, Oric. "Sculptures from the Excavations at Gizeh, 1905-1906." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5, No. 26 (June 1907), pp. 20-21, unnumbered fig.
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, pp. 145, 147.
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 87, cat. 15.
Fischer, Henry G. "An Elusive Shape within the Fisted Hands of Egyptian Statues." Metropolitan Museum Journal 10 (1975), p. 13.
Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 88-89.
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. 32 (misidentified as Nefu and Khenetemsetju).
Riefstahl, Elizabeth. "A Note on Ancient Fashions." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 68, No. 354 (1970), p. 253.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 56, 58, fig. 32.
Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 69.
Terrace, Edward L.B. "Masterpieces of the Pyramid Age in Boston." The Connoisseur 168, No. 677 (1968), pp. 197-204.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 2004. Limestone standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) inscribed for Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved); Ptahkhenui identified as [jmj-xt xntjw-S pr-aA] under-supervisor of palace attendants of the Great House; found in G 2004 serdab.
ID: HUMFA_B659_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (front): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7360_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B663_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7357_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B684_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7358_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B687_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7359_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B688_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7361_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B897_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2004
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2004, serdab, standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) and part of servant statue (MFA 06.1887, model of bedja loaves baking in bread molds) in situ, looking __. [Image also known as: B7356_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1530_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2004
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2004, serdab, standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) and part of servant statue (MFA 06.1887, model of bedja loaves baking in bread molds) in situ, looking __. [Image also known as: B7805_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1573_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (front): MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: B7806_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C825_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Inscription on base of painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab: MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: C12039_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C997_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Inscription on base of painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab: MFA 06.1876. [Image also known as: C12040_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1160_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2004
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2004, serdab, standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) and part of servant statue (MFA 06.1887, model of bedja loaves baking in bread molds) in situ, looking __. [Image also known as: C12037_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1472_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2004
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2004, serdab, standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) and part of servant statue (MFA 06.1887, model of bedja loaves baking in bread molds) in situ, looking __. [Image also known as: C12038_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C1642_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2004
Description: Cemetery G 2000: G 2004, serdab, standing pair statue (MFA 06.1876) and part of servant statue (MFA 06.1887, model of bedja loaves baking in bread molds) in situ, looking __. [Image also known as: C12036_NS]
ID: MFAB_AAW1890
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2004
Description: Painted limestone standing pair statue of Ptahkhenui and his wife (name not preserved) from G 2004, serdab (front): MFA 06.1876
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