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Fragment of limestone statuette, seated male figure [(Nekhebu ?)], head and body; broad wig, ears half covered, arms free of body, body naked, belt with [kilt].
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_12-12-9
Alternate IDs
12-12-9; HUMFA_12-12-9
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Entry Date
12/04/1912
Title
Fragment of limestone seated statue of Nekhebu (?)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], hole 1, [originally from G 2381 (?)]
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "A Second Style in Egyptian Relief of the Old Kingdom." In Stephen E. Thomson and Peter Der Manuelian, eds. Egypt and Beyond. Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, pp. 49–89. Providence: Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, 2008, p. 50, note 14. 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. 270-271. Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), p.56, fig. 7.
Remarks
Uninscribed, attributed to Nekhebu.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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