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Fragments of three alabaster statues: fragments top left: [N of G 4820] 14-2-4 (= MFA 14.1187.3); fragment top middle: [G 4833 B] 14-2-3 (= MFA 14.1185); fragments at right: [SE of G 4830, originally from G 5230] 14-2-2 (top fragment of inscribed back support) + [N of G 4820, originally from G 5230] 14-2-4 (other joining fragments of inscribed back support) (back support = part of MFA 24.603); fragments middle: 14-2-4 (= MFA 14.1187.2); fragments bottom left: [N of G 4820, originally from G 5230] 14-2-4 (portion of base and lower leg = part of MFA 24.603) (rephotographed as C13990)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_A2055_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5230
  • Date
    April 1914
  • Remarks
    MFA 24.603 reconstructed alabaster statue of Khunmbaef (Babaef): including fragments from 14-2-2 = one fragment (top of inscribed back support) + 14-2-4 = multiple fragments (body, base, and back support) + 14-3-1 = multiple fragments (head) (reconstructed by William Young and David Dennis, 1939).
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: original photo register entry attributed these unidentified fragments to G 5230; however 14-2-3 now associated with fragments of alabaster royal statue; identifications based on comparison with C5603 and objects themselves; MFA accession numbers verified
  • Photographer
    Mohammedani Ibrahim

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5230

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Finds 3

Unpublished Documents 1

People 1

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