Fragment of red granite standing pair statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
Fragment of red granite [standing pair statue of Khnumbaef/Babaef], [part of proper right] shoulder; fits 14-11-89b, [belongs with fragments from 14-11-89, and 14-11-84, 14-11-118].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-117
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_14-11-117; 14-11-117
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- 11/22/1914
- Title
- Fragment of red granite standing pair statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Width: 8.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Between mastabas G 5110 and G 5230, strip 5, [originally from G 5230]
- Bibliography
- Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, p. 68, n. 69, #2.
- Remarks
- MFA 14.1690.2 = total of five fragments of proper right arm (four from 14-11-89b, one from 14-11-117). Related fragments: 14-11-89d + 14-11-118 (= MFA 14.1697, fragments of head) + 14-11-89b + 14-11-117 (= MFA 14.1690.2, fragments of proper right shoulder and arm) + 14-11-89a (= MFA 14.1690.1, fragments of proper left shoulder and arm) + 14-11-89c (= MFA 14.1690.3, clenched proper left hand) + 14-11-84 (= MFA 14.1688, fragments of inscribed base including portions of feet)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
