Fragments of alabaster statues
Fragments of clear alabaster statuette[s], face and innumerable odd fragments; [including: a) multiple fragments of head from statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef) belonging with fragments from 14-2-2 and 14-2-4; b) fragments of other statue(s)].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-3-1
- Alternate IDs
- 14-3-1; HUMFA_14-3-1
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 4 - Early Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 03/18/1914
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster statues
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street E of mastaba G 4620, sand debris just above solid rock, [some originally from G 5230]
- Bibliography
- Brovarski, Edward. "Two Old Kingdom Writing Boards from Giza." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 71 (1987), p. 47, note 5. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 53.
- Remarks
- MFA 24.603: reconstructed alabaster statue of Khunmbaef (Babaef): including fragments from 14-2-2 = one fragment (top of inscribed back support) + 14-2-4 = multiple fragments (body, base, and back support) + 14-3-1 = multiple fragments (head) (reconstructed by William Young and David Dennis, 1939). MFA 47.1722: thirteen joining (eight joined, five loose) fragments of alabaster statue: including fragments from 14-3-1 + 14-3-2 + 15-1-29. Other miscellaneous fragments MFA owned (unaccessioned).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
