Fragment of alabaster statue of Khumbaef (Babaef)
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].
Illustration: No
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
