Accessory from limestone servant statue: joint of meat
Piece from painted limestone [servant statue]: leg of beef (cf. 12-12-202, but larger), red wash, plaster on back.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- MMA_64.66.6
- Alternate IDs
- MMA_64.66.6; 64.66.6; HUMFA_12-12-204; 12-12-204; MFAB_13.3440; 13.3440
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, First half of Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/18/1912
- Title
- Accessory from limestone servant statue: joint of meat
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Length: 4.2 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2385, serdab 1 (S1)
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1912. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_13.3440). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified