Headless limestone standing statue of Minnefer
Headless limestone statue, about four-fifths life-sized standing figure of [GLYPHS] Minnefer; figure standing left foot advanced, supported on back and behind advanced left leg by narrow pilaster, arms hanging down at sides, hands closed holding handkerchief, wears white [kilt] held by belt with belt buckle and tie and six pendant strings of nine painted beads each, name and titles inscribed in three short horizontal lines on base in front of right foot (beside advanced left foot); top and head gone, part of left forearm broken out, one fitting fragment found later, left shoulder slighly weathered, tip of right thumb broken off.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-5-43
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_36-5-43; 36-5-43
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 05/18/1936
- Title
- Headless limestone standing statue of Minnefer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 120+ cm; if complete: ca 140 cm ? Width: 38 cm Length: base: 57 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2421, serdab, last statue on S in row along W wall facing E, half fallen over to S (four statues of Min-nefer standing in row in serdab along W wall, facing E, smallest on N, largest on S, all but smallest incomplete, missing parts never found)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified