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White limestone seated triad statuette, two men with woman in middle, Pehenptah and Amendjefaes; painted in usual conventional colors; badly shattered, not complete, colors fairly well preserved.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-10-4
Alternate IDs
12-10-4; HUMFA_12-10-4; 13.4330; 13.4358
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
Entry Date
10/10/1912
Title
Fragmentary limestone seated triad statue of Pehenptah and Amendjefaes
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 60 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Mastaba G 2320 (= G 5280), serdab (some fragments outside serdab)
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 261-273, fig. 1, pls. XLVI.1-2. Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "The Striding Statue of Pehenptah (JE 44609)." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, pp. 305-307, 311-312. Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, pp. 59, 74, #30, pl. 14a. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, p. 35, figs. 19, 20.
Notes
MFA 13.4358 deaccessioned to Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis, Tennessee (1981.1.4), but returned to MFA in exchange for 36-5-31 = MFA 37.662 deaccessioned = Memphis 1987.2.1
Remarks
Shattered triad statue from G 2320 (= G 5280) serdab: 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4330 (triad) + 12-10-4 = MFA 13.4358 (fragment of female figure) + 12-11-22 = MFA 13.3160 (fragment of male figure proper right).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

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