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Limestone servant [statue], figure of man squatting with one knee up, slaughtering or skinning animal with knife; in four fragments, incomplete.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_27-5-8
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_27-5-8; 27-5-8
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Entry Date
05/04/1927
Title
Fragmentary limestone servant statue
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm Width: 9.5 cm Length: 19 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Mastaba G 7530-7540: G 7530, room a, debris
Bibliography
Breasted, James Henry. Egyptian Servant Statues. The Bollingen Series 13. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948, p. 35, no. 1, pl. 32d. Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, pl. 18c-d. 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.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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