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1 of 1 • Fragments of alabaster statues (1910) from G III-a temple (= Menkaure queen's temple = MQT): published no. 8b = 10-3-00: top row: h (= MFA 47.2153), i (= MFA 47.2154), j (= MFA 47.2155), k (= MFA 47.2156); middle row: l (= MFA 47.2157), m (= MFA 47.2158), n (= MFA 47.2159); bottom row: o (= MFA 47.2160), p (= MFA 47.2161), q (= MFA 47.2162)
Fragments of alabaster statues (1910) from G III-a temple (= Menkaure queen's temple = MQT): published no. 8b = 10-3-00: top row: h (= MFA 47.2153), i (= MFA 47.2154), j (= MFA 47.2155), k (= MFA 47.2156); middle row: l (= MFA 47.2157), m (= MFA 47.2158), n (= MFA 47.2159); bottom row: o (= MFA 47.2160), p (= MFA 47.2161), q (= MFA 47.2162)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G III-a temple
Fragment of alabaster royal statue (queen). [published no. 8b = 10-3-00]
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- ID
- MFAB_47.2159
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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: 9.5 x 4.7 x 17 cm (3 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Previous Number
- 10-3-00n
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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.
