Fragments of alabaster royal statues
Eight to ten baskets of fragments of alabaster royal statues (at least three different statues, one life-sized, one three-quarters life-sized, one one-quarter life-sized), among them: a) [fitting] fragments of side of throne, inscribed [GLYPHS] Khafre and entwined flowers of two Egypts, [and fragments of several other statue thrones].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-12-49a
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_14-12-49a; 14-12-49a
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
- Entry Date
- 12/06/1914 - 12/13/1914
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster royal statues
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 5110, serdab offering room and space in front of mastaba, also two pieces in pit G 5211 A
- Bibliography
- Smith, William Stevenson. "Fragments of a Statuette of Chephren." Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 54 (1957), pp. 186, 188-9. figs. 2-3.
- Remarks
- Fitting fragments comprising 14-12-49a do not, in fact, show "entwined flowers of two Egypts"; 14-12-49a = MFA 21.952a-c + several undescribed fragments now identified as 14-12-49.5 + 14-12-49.6 + 14-12-49.37 + 14-12-49.40 all part of same statue; additional (other than accessioned) throne fragments from this lot (14-12-49) have been identified as 14-12-49.1 through 14-12-49.46; second statue includes: 14-12-49.3(?) + 14-12-49.21 + 14-12-49.27 + 14-12-49.32 + 14-12-49.33 + 14-12-49.41 + 14-12-49.43 + 14-2-3 (= MFA 14.1185); third statue includes: 14-12-49.24 + 14-12-49.26 + 14-12-49.34 + 14-12-49.38 + 14-12-49.44 + 14-12-49.45 + 14-12-49.46 + at least two fragments from 12-12-176.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
