Fragments of inscribed limestone servant statue
Twelve fragments of rectangular yellow limestone table, belonging to servant statue, figure stood on small end of table; right hand perserved on upper edge of table and left foot beside opposite rear leg of table, top of table sloping downwards away from figure, inscribed [GLYPHS] Katjesu on top of base along long left side of table facing out right, table painted red-brown (?). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:3
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- ID
- HUMFA_38-4-17
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 2088, room c
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 14.5 cm Width: 9.8 cm Length: 20 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 38.2155
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- Date of Register Entry
- 04/08/1938
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- Owner
- Katjesu (in G 2088)
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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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. 82, fig. 38, p. 84.
Roth, Ann Macy. "The Meaning of Menial Labor: 'Servant Statues' in Old Kingdom Serdabs." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 39 (2002), p. 113.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Fragment of limestone servant statue (38-4-17 = MFA 38.2155) inscribed for Katjesu; found in G 2088.