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Lower part (part of base and inscribed seat and female figure) of white limestone [seated pair statue inscribed for [Hmt=f jmAx njanxHtHr] "his wife, the venerated one, Niankhhathor"]; [belongs with 14-3-31, fragment of seated pair statue inscribed for Kap].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-3-24
Alternate IDs
14-3-24; HUMFA_14-3-24
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
03/27/1914
Title
Fragment of limestone seated pair statue of Kap and Niankhhathor
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: ca 13 cm Width: ca 9.2 cm Length: ca 19.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Hard debris on E face of mastaba G 4520, [originally from G 4522]
Bibliography
García, Juan Carlos Moreno. "A New Old Kingdom Inscription from Giza (CGC 57163), and the Problem of sn-Dt in Pharaonic Third Millennium Society." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 93 (2007), p. 132. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 507. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 72 (attributed to G 4522).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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