Head of limestone statue

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1171

Head of limestone statue of man; male figure wearing shoulder length wig with long curls; heavy surface damage.

ID

HM_6-19808
Department

Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

E of mastaba G 1171 (?)
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

9 x 12 cm (3 9/16 x 4 3/4 in)
Credit Line

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Object Ownership Information

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Period

Late Old Kingdom
Date of Register Entry

1903–1904
Object owned by

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Problems/Questions

provenance: attribution of 6-19808 to "E of G 1171" based on some photo register entries, attributed to GW 24 in photo archives (mounted print card caption), no in situ photos or object registration records available to confirm either of these attributions, however wadi cemetery attribution seems the less likely

G 1171
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, p. 17, pl. 26a.

Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), p. 134.

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
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