Fragments of red granite statue
Four fragments of nearly life-sized red granite statue: left shoulder and upper arm, three fragments of left elbow and forearm. Another fragment of this statue was found [MMA_64.66.3 = deaccessioned MFAB_21.932]: head and [proper] right shoulder (perfect except for tip of nose). Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_15-11-69
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4813 C
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- Material
- Granite
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- Dimensions
- Height: ca 33.3 cm Width: 32.3 cm Thickness: 21.4 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/25/1915
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- Object owned by
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1915. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds. Head and right shoulder fragment accessioned as MFAB_21.932. Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired as MMA_64.66.3 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964. Four left shoulder and arm fragments remain in the MFA (HUMFA_15-11-69).
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- Remarks
- Four left shoulder and arm fragments = HUMFA_15-11-69; head and right shoulder = MMA_64.66.3 (= deaccessioned MFAB_21.932)
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Type Object owned by