Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Alabaster seated statue of Menkaure
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- ID
- EMC_JE_40704
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple, room K (room 1 [room III1] on published plan)
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- Material
- Alabaster
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- Dimensions
- 160 x 53 x 85 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_08-7-16
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_08-7-19
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_08-7-20
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- Mycerinus publication number
- 18
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15655
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Owner
- Menkaure
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- From excavations of George Reisner, 1908. Incorrectly identified in Porter-Moss as EMC_JE_40703.
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- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; Menkaure; RELATED SITE(S): Menkaure Valley Temple; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VIII_sp065LR; MFAB_A251_NS; MFAB_A252_NS; MFAB_C2382_NS; MFAB_A1088_NS; MFAB_A285_NS; MFAB_A286_NS; MFAB_A287_NS; MFAB_A288_NS; MFAB_A289_NS; MFAB_A290_NS; MFAB_A291_NS; MFAB_B359_NS; MFAB_360_NS; MFAB_361_NS; MFAB_B362_NS; MFAB_B363_NS; MFAB_B364_NS; MFAB_B365_NS; MFAB_B366_NS; MFAB_B367_NS; MFAB_B368_NS; MFAB_B369_NS; MFAB_B370_NS; MFAB_B371_NS; MFAB_B372_NS; MFAB_B373_NS; MFAB_B374_NS; MFAB_B375_NS; MFAB_B376_NS; MFAB_B376P_NS; MFAB_B377_NS; MFAB_B378_NS; MFAB_379_NS; MFAB_B380_NS; MFAB_B381_NS; MFAB_B382_NS; MFAB_B383_NS; MFAB_B385_NS; MFAB_B386_NS; MFAB_B387_NS; MFAB_B388_NS; MFAB_B445_NS; MFAB_B450_NS; MFAB_C4557_NS; MFAB_C4558_NS; MFAB_C4561_NS; MFAB_C4562_NS; MFAB_C4564_NS; MFAB_C4565_NS; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): HUMFA_08-7-16; HUMFA_08-7-19; HUMFA_08-7-20; Mycerinus publication number 18
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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, p. 36 (entry for July 15), p. 111 (entry no. 22), p. 262, “Room (III-1): In debris of decay on floor of second temple, No. ix Alabaster, head of statue No. 22.”
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fifth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khafre. Husband of Khamerernebti II. Builder of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Mycerinus.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Object owned by
ID: HUMFA_B388_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (top of head): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A286_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A287_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (slight quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704) (photographed in Harvard Camp courtyard)
ID: HUMFA_B374_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statues (1908) nos. 3 and 4 (= published nos. 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202 and 18 = 08-7-16 + 08-7-19 + 08-7-20 = JE 40704) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right)
ID: HUMFA_B387_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B375_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C4558_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1791_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B362_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (bust, quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B383_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A1088_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B366_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B379_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper right): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C4564_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1797_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C4565_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1798_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B372_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B445_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statues (1908) nos. 3 and 4 (= published nos. 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202 and 18 = 08-7-16 + 08-7-20 = JE 40704) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper right)
ID: HUMFA_B371_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C4562_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1795_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B370_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B369_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B365_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (nearly front): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C4561_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1794_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B367_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B373_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704) (photographed in sunlight)
ID: HUMFA_B376_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (back, quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B385_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B386_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A285_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B450_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster statues (1908) nos. 4, 3, 2 (published nos. 18 = 08-7-16 = 08-7-19 + 08-7-20 = JE 40704, 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202, 21 = 08-7-10) from Menkaure valley temple (photographed in Harvard Camp courtyard)
ID: HUMFA_B364_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B381_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C2382_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Menkaure valley temple, court, S half, room I 320, fragments of alabaster statues (some part of statue published no. 18 = Cairo JE 40704, others fragments part of statue published no. 24b), looking N
ID: HUMFA_B368_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B377_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B361_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B378_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A288_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B380_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_C4557_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704). [Image also known as: C1790_NS]
ID: HUMFA_A251_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Menkaure valley temple, portico (= room K = published plan room 1), lower portions of four alabaster seated statues (published nos. 21 = 08-7-10, 20 = 08-7-9, 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202, 18 = 08-7-16 = Cairo JE 40704) and two statue heads (published nos. 22 = 08-7-18 = Cairo JE 40705, 18 = 08-7-19) and torso (published no. 18 = 08-7-20) in situ, looking NW
ID: HUMFA_B363_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (bust, profile proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B382_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B359_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (front): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A252_NS
Subjects: Menkaure Pyramid Complex: Site: Giza; View: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Menkaure valley temple, portico (= room K = published plan room 1), lower portions of four alabaster seated statues (published nos. 21 = 08-7-10, 20 = 08-7-9, 19 = 08-7-17 = MFA 09.202, 18 = 08-7-16 = Cairo JE 40704) and two statue heads (published nos. 22 = 08-7-18 = Cairo JE 40705, 18 = 08-7-19) and torso (published no. 18 = 08-7-20) in situ, looking W
ID: HUMFA_B360_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (profile proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A290_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704) (photographed in Harvard Camp courtyard)
ID: HUMFA_A291_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_A289_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (quarter view proper left): 08-7-16 (base) + 08-7-19 (head) + 08-7-20 (torso) (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
ID: HUMFA_B376P_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure valley temple
Description: Head (1908) no. 10 of alabaster seated statue (1908) no. 4 (= published no. 18) from Menkaure valley temple (back, quarter view proper left): 08-7-19 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 40704)
