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Crude limestone statuette, seated figure [of man].
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_28-5-218
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_28-5-218; 28-5-218
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Entry Date
05/21/1928
Title
Limestone seated statue
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 47 cm Width: 18 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Debris on wall of G 7772
Bibliography
Freed, Rita E. "Rethiking the Rules for Old Kingdom Sculpture. Observations on Poses and Attributes of Limestone Statuary from Giza." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, p. 147, 156, figs. 4, 14. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 97. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 30, fig. 16.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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