Headless limestone standing statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
Life-sized white limestone statue of Khnumbaef/Babaef, standing with left leg advanced, hands at sides, short [kilt]; head broken off and missing, weathered.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-92
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_14-11-92; 14-11-92
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 4 - Early Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- 11/20/1914
- Title
- Headless limestone standing statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 148.5 cm; base: 9 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 5230 S [(= S chapel/serdab)] 2 (SS-2), first from W
- Bibliography
- Brovarski, Edward. "Two Old Kingdom Writing Boards from Giza." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 71 (1987), p. 47, note 5. Jánosi, Peter. "Gab es Kronprinzen in der 4. Dynastie?" Göttinger Miszellen 158 (1997), p. 29, note 83. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Penmeru Revisited–Giza Mastaba G 2197 (Giza Archives Gleanings V)." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), pp. 33-34.
- Notes
- on long term loan (since 1971) to Detroit Institute of Arts
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
