Headless limestone standing statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
White limestone statue of Khnumbaef/Babaef, standing with left leg advanced, hands at sides, short [kilt], pleated flap; fine work, well preserved, headless, broken in two at ankles.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-94
- Alternate IDs
- 14-11-94; HUMFA_14-11-94
- 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: to neck: 15 + 118 cm; to top of shaft: 15 + 129 cm; base: 15 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 5230 S [(= S chapel/serdab)] 2 (SS-2), third 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. 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, 35, note 58. 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, pp. 80-81, cat. 25a. Sanborn, Ashton. "Recent Acquisitions from Egypt. New Installation of the Primitive and Old Empire Rooms." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 20, No. 11 (1922), p. 27.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
