Pair statue of Menkaure and Queen (reproduction)
Copy of greywacke standing pair statue (dyad) of Menkaure and queen, possibly Khamerernebty II.
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- ID
- MFAB_ANC.5393
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Reproductions & paintings
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Valley Temple (original)
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- Dimensions
- H. 139.5 cm (54 15/16 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Previous Number
- 11.1738.1
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Old Kingdom (original)
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- Attested
- Menkaure
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- Notes
- This is a reproduction of an object excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Fifth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khafre. Husband of Khamerernebti II. Builder of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Mycerinus.