Fragment of alabaster royal statue (queen). [published no. 8b = 10-3-00]
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- ID
- MFAB_47.2154
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (MQT / rooms 3 and 9, stratum 5)
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- Material
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.2 x 11.4 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Previous Number
- 10-3-00i
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
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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. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1910.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 56, 108.
Name of this image
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