Head fragment of travertine statue of Khafre
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- ID
- MMA_26.7.1392
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- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Khafre Pyramid Complex (?)
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- Material
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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- Dimensions
- H. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in)
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- Credit Line
- MMA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Object owned by
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Notes
- Formerly MacGregor Collection. Purchased by Lord Carnarvon at MacGregor sale (Sotheby's, 1922, lot 255). Carnarvon Collection, purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, 1926. Edward S. Harkness Gift.
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- Site Name Khafre Pyramid Complex
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- Type Object owned by
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