Head of limestone statue
Head of painted white limestone statuette of standing male figure; corrugated close fitting wig, ears covered. Another fragment of this statuette [MFAB_13.3152] was also found, [lower legs including] feet [and base] with left foot advanced.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- MMA_64.66.13
- Alternate IDs
- MMA_64.66.13; 64.66.13; HUMFA_12-12-216; 12-12-216; MFAB_13.3153; 13.3153
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 12/28/1912
- Title
- Head of limestone statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
- Provenance
- In front of G 2501
- 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_13.3153). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
- Remarks
- Head = MMA_64.66.13 (= deaccessioned MFAB_13.3153); legs and base = MFAB_13.3152
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified