Limestone servant statue
Crudely made limestone servant statue, standing male figure carrying two (or perhaps three) traditional offering jars, one balancing on his shoulder and other held under his left arm; clad in very short [kilt] with left shoulder strap only and with belt (without buckle), hair (no wig), [irises], eyebrows and eyelashes painted black, white of eye and [kilt] white, body and jars red-brown, interior of jars black; incomplete, right ear, right temple, right cheek, nose, and mouth slightly chipped, lower left and whole right arm, right leg, and left leg below knee missing. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:3
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- ID
- GEM_11633
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2088, serdab 2
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 29.8 cm Width: 14.3 cm Thickness: 7 cm
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_72140
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15245
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_38-4-5
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_11633)
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/10/1938
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 83, fig. 41, pl. 32d.
