Digital Giza | Wood statue of Senedjemib Mehi (?)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2385, G 2378

Wood statue, [nearly life size figure of young man] [(thought by some to represent Senedjemib Mehi)]; [figure, nude except for curled wig, stands with left leg advanced, right arm hanging straight at side, left arm bent forward from elbow], arms separate pieces; [portions of right side of torso with lower extremities and arms somewhat decayed], legs worm eaten and broken off, face damaged, inlaid eyes missing.
Illustration: No

ID: HUMFA_12-12-206
Alternate IDs: HUMFA_12-12-206; 12-12-206
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification: Sculpture
Period: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Entry Date: 12/20/1912, 12/21/1912
Title: Wood statue of Senedjemib Mehi (?)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance: Mastaba G 2385, room H, among stones in mouth of sloping passage of G 2378 A (found with 12-12-207)
Bibliography: Bothmer, Bernard V. "A Wooden Statue of Dynasty VI." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 46, No. 264 (June 1948), p. 30. Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, p. 271, note 43. Dunham, Dows. The Egyptian Department and its Excavations. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1958, pp. 45, 47, fig. 28. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 94-95. 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. 63, fig. 19. Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), pp. 275, 276. Sanborn, Ashton. "New Installation of Egyptian Sculpture." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 23, No. 140 (December 1925), p. 73. Smith, William Stevenson. "The Judge Goes Fishing." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 56, No. 304 (Summer 1958), p. 61, fig. 4. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 54-55, fig. 30.
Problems/Questions: MFA accession number verified