Fragments of alabaster royal statues
Thirty (30) or more fragments of alabaster royal statuettes (cf. 14-11-107): [among them]: two beards, two hands, knee, part of foot, wrist, etc.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-11-156
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_14-11-156; 14-11-156
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre - reign of Menkaure
- Entry Date
- 11/28/1914
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster royal statues
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Between G 5230 S [(= S chapel/serdab)] and mastaba G 5220
- Remarks
- MFA 21.10538: hand consisting of four joined fragments from this lot. Other fragments of this lot accessioned as MFA 14.1720.1–MFA 14.1720.15: one fragment of beard (nearly complete) = MFA 14.1720.1, one fragment of beard = MFA 14.1720.2, one fragment of kilt or nemes headdress = MFA 14.1720.3, one fragment of toe or thumb = MFA 14.1720.4, three unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.5, MFA 14.1720.6, MFA 14.1720.7, two fitting fragments of throne or base = MFA 14.1720.8, five unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.9, eight unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.10, seven unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.11, two unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.12, five unidentifiable fragments = MFA 14.1720.13, three fitting fragments of clenched hand = MFA 14.1720.14, five fitting fragments and one separate fragment of nemes headdress = MFA 14.1720.15.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified