Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Limestone servant statue (kneeling woman grinding grain).
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- ID
- MFAB_21.2601
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2415, serdab
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height x length: 28.2 x 45 cm (11 1/8 x 17 11/16 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, Dynasty 5, reign of Nyuserre - reign of Unas
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- Date of Register Entry
- 2420–2323 B.C.
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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. 1920: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1921: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: January 1, 1921)
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Breasted, James Henry. Egyptian Servant Statues. The Bollingen Series 13. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948, p.18, pl. 16b.
New Orleans Museum of Art. Eye for Eye: Egyptian Images & Inscriptions. April 2, 1977 through February, 1978, New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1977, cat. 49.
Sanborn, Ashton. "Recent Acquisitions from Egypt. New Installation of the Primitive and Old Empire Rooms." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 20, No. 11 (April 1922), p. 25, unnumbered fig.
Smith, William Stevenson. Country Life in Ancient Egypt. Museum of Fine Arts Picture Book 2. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1954, p. 24, fig. 35.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 56.
ID: HUMFA_C12753_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2415
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2415, Weri, serdab, cleared, statues (including MFA 21.2596, MFA 21.2597, MFA 21.2598, MFA 21.2599, MFA 21.2601) in situ, looking S (rephotograph of B3906)
ID: HUMFA_C12754_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 21.2601 (rephotograph of C9113)
ID: HUMFA_B3906_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2415
Description: Cemetery G 2400: G 2415, Weri, serdab, cleared, statues (including MFA 21.2596, MFA 21.2597, MFA 21.2598, MFA 21.2599, MFA 21.2601) in situ, looking S to chapel (rephotographed as C12753)
ID: HUMFA_C9113_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 21.2601 (rephotographed as C12754)
ID: HUMFA_C9114_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (front): MFA 21.2601
ID: HUMFA_C9115_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (profile proper left): MFA 21.2601
ID: HUMFA_C9116_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (profile proper right): MFA 21.2601
ID: MFAB_AAW795
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Painted limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (profile proper left): MFA 21.2601
ID: MFAB_AAW798
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Painted limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 21.2601
ID: MFAB_AAW802
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Painted limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (front): MFA 21.2601
ID: MFAB_AAW1854
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Painted limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (front): MFA 21.2601
ID: MFAB_AAW1855
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2415
Description: Painted limestone servant statue (no. 4) (woman grinding grain) from G 2415, serdab (quarter view proper right): MFA 21.2601
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