Fragments of alabaster royal statue
Three fragments of clear alabaster royal statuette, front of [proper] left shoulder with left wig lappet and upper part of arm, and two small fragments probably from same.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_14-12-71
- Alternate IDs
- 14-12-71; HUMFA_14-12-71
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
- Entry Date
- 12/18/1914
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster royal statue
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Dimensions
- Height: 18.5 cm Width: 13 cm; lappet at top: 3.9 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 5223 A, mouth of pit
- Bibliography
- Smith, William Stevenson. "Fragments of a Statuette of Chephren." Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 54 (1957), pp. 186-187, fig. 1.
- Remarks
- Related fragments probably from one statue: 14-12-49b (two fitting fragments of proper left half of face) = MFA 21.951a and MFA 21.951e + 14-12-71 (three fitting fragments of proper left shoulder, chest, upper arm) = MFA 21.951b and MFA 21.951c and MFA 21.951d + 14-12-72a (proper right wrist and part of pleated kilt) = MFA 14.1753.1 + 14-12-72b (proper right shoulder) = MFA 14.1753.2 + 14-11-107.1 (part of beard) = MFA 14.1693.1 + 14-12-65.2 (part of pleated kilt) = MFA 14.1751.2 + 14-12-65.21 and 14-12-65.24 (part of proper right side of nemes wig and lappet) = MFA 14.1751.21 and MFA 14.1751.24 + 14-12-65.81 (part of proper left lappet) + 14-12-65.82 (part of proper left side of nemes wig); three fragments of left shoulder, chest, and upper arm accessioned as MFA 21.951b, MFA 21.951c, MFA 21.951d; one of two small extra fragments accessioned as MFA 14.1740.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
