Limestone seated statue of Nekhebu
Headless limestone statuette, seated male figure, head 12-12-22 fits; arms and legs attached to body and seat, incised inscription on front of foot plate [GLYPHS] Nekhebu.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-14
- Alternate IDs
- 12-12-14; HUMFA_12-12-14
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/05/1912
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Nekhebu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 37 cm; total with head: 46 cm Width: base: 18 cm Length: base: 29 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 2, [originally from G 2381]
- Bibliography
- Fisher, Clarence S. "New Egyptian Galleries." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 12, No. 71 (1914), p. 39. Herrmann, John. Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World. Nagoya: Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1999, cat. 40.
- Remarks
- MFA 13.3161a-b = 12-12-14 + 12-12-22
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified