Limestone seated statue of Inti (?)
Limestone statuette, seated figure (cf. 36-5-29); wears short wig, [kilt] and pleated apron with belt and buckle and tie, body painted brown, collar and [kilt] white, apron yellow, hair and base black, seat red with two black dots to imitate red granite, name [GLYPHS] Inti (?) written in ink vertically on base beside right foot (not clear); broken in six pieces, but only fragment from left shin and left lower corner of base missing.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-5-32
- Alternate IDs
- 36-5-32; HUMFA_36-5-32
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 05/16/1936, 05/17/1936
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Inti (?)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 56 cm Width: 19 cm Length: base: 26 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2420 D, IV level (three main pieces found together, two fragments completing face and another completing left shoulder found next day lower down in pit)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 27, fig. 1.
- Notes
- MFA 37.641 deaccessioned: to Sotheby Parke Bernet for December 1978 sale
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
