Head of limestone statue
Head of painted limestone statuette; broad wig covering ears, parted, ribbed back.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-16
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-16; 12-12-16
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/05/1912
- Title
- Head of limestone statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 10 cm Width: 12 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 2381, hole 2 S
- 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. 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. Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), p. 276, note 76.
- Remarks
- Uninscribed, attributed to Nekhebu.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
