Fragment of alabaster royal statue, part of arm or leg.
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- ID
- MFAB_47.1988
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
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- Material
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.6 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm (1 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/16 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 4
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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. 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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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
ID: HUMFA_A1027_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Fragments of alabaster statues (1909-1910) from Menkaure valley temple (for reverse of two fragments bottom center and right, see A1026): top row: ___ (one fragment), MFA 47.1988, MFA 47.1989, MFA 47.1990; middle row: ___ (one fragment) MFA 47.1987; bottom row: ___ (one fragment), [two fragments] published no. 46 = MFA 47.1795, MFA 47.1796