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Head of black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef/Babaef, fits 14-12-7.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-12-82
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-12-82; 14-12-82
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Period
Old Kingdom, Late Dynasty 4 - Early Dynasty 5
Entry Date
12/10/1914
Title
Head of black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
Medium
Granite
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 5211 A, [originally from G 5230]
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "Two Old Kingdom Writing Boards from Giza." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 71 (1987), p. 47, note 5. Bernhauer, Edith. "Die Statuen mit Papyrusrolle im Alten Reich" In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 65, 69, fig. 3. 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, p. 82, cat. 26. 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 (April 1922), p. 26, unnumbered fig. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 53.
Remarks
14-11-151 (fragment of back) + 14-12-7 (torso and base) + 14-12-82 (head) = MFA 21.931a-c
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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