Head of limestone statue of Meresankh III
Head of limestone statue of Meresankh III, belongs with 27-5-3 and 27-5-18; hair in relief painted black, face painted yellow; nose and mouth damaged.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: ca 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-5-7
- Alternate IDs
- 27-5-7; HUMFA_27-5-7
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 05/04/1927
- Title
- Head of limestone statue of Meresankh III
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 9.5 cm Width: 8 cm Thickness: 8 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7530-7540: G 7530, room a, debris
- Bibliography
- Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, pp. 8, 23, pl. 17c-e. Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture during the Old Kingdom. Part II: Uninscribed Sculptures." In Christiane Ziegler, ed. L'art de l'ancien empire égyptien. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1999, pp. 105, 110, 114, 121, 128, note 62, fig. 6. Fay, Biri. "Royal Women as Represented in Sculpture dunring the Old Kingdom." In Nicolas Grimal, ed. Les Critères de Datation Stylistiques à l'Ancien Empire. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1998, pp. 163, 169, 177-178, figs. 8a-d, 9a-b. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 199.
- Remarks
- MFA 30.1457: a) 27-5-3 (legs) + 27-5-18 (base with feet) + b) 27-5-7 (head)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
