Plaster mask of Nimaatre
Thick plaster mask [attributed to] "head gardener" Nimaatre; broken into two pieces, nose partly broken off and missing.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-8-7
- Alternate IDs
- 36-8-7; HUMFA_36-8-7
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Masks
- Entry Date
- 08/24/1936
- Title
- Plaster mask of Nimaatre
- Medium
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- Width: 17 cm Length: 21 cm Thickness: 3.4 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2092a A, chamber
- Bibliography
- Hawass, Zahi. "A Burial with an Unusual Plaster Mask in the Western Cemetery of Khufu's Pyramid." In Renée Friedman and Barbara Adams, eds. The Followers of Horus. Studies dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman 1944-1990. Egyptian Studies Association Publication No. 2. Oxbow Monograph 20. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1992, p. 334 (incorrectly listed as 36-2-7). 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. 31, fig. 7. Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pl. 65. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 65. Tacke, Nikolaus. "Die Entwicklung der Mumienmaske im Alten Reich." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Instituts für ägyptische Altertumskunde in Kairo 52 (1996), p. 321, pl. 51c.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
