Fragment of limestone seated statue of Nekhebu (?)
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
