Base of inscribed limestone servant statue
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2088, G 2091, G 2092+2093, G 2098, G 2230+2231
Rectangular base (in two pieces) of limestone female (?) servant statue, corners rounded, with two feet standing side by side and base of circular object in front of feet, incised vertical (facing right) inscription in front of left foot [GLYPHS] Setimu.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_39-3-3
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_39-3-3; 39-3-3
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 03/03/1939
- Title
- Base of inscribed limestone servant statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Width: 10.2 cm Length: 23.6 cm Thickness: 6.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2088, debris S of room c
- Bibliography
- Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 83, fig. 43, p. 90 (misidentified as 38-3-3). Roth, Ann Macy. "The Meaning of Menial Labor: 'Servant Statues' in Old Kingdom Serdabs." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 39 (2002), p. 113.
