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Fragment of small alabaster statuette; [small portion of] inscription [from top of back support of statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef); belongs with fragments from 14-2-4 and 14-3-1].
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Details

ID
HUMFA_14-2-2
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-2-2; 14-2-2
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 4 - Early Dynasty 5
Entry Date
02/15/1914
Title
Fragment of alabaster statue of Khumbaef (Babaef)
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Width: ca 7.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Sand debris SE of mastaba G 4830, [originally from G 5230]
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "Two Old Kingdom Writing Boards from Giza." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 71 (1987), p. 47, note 5. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 53.
Remarks
MFA 24.603 reconstructed alabaster statue of Khunmbaef (Babaef): including fragments from 14-2-2 = one fragment (top of inscribed back support) + 14-2-4 = multiple fragments (body, base, and back support) + 14-3-1 = multiple fragments (head) (reconstructed by William Young and David Dennis, 1939).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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