Head of black granite seated scribe statue of Khnumbaef (Babaef)
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
