Headless limestone seated statue of Neferkhennisut
Headless limestone statuette, seated male figure; hands on knees, right hand closed, left hand open palm down, body painted brown, [kilt] white, place of necklace now white, name inscribed vertically on front of seat beside left leg; color on body partly preserved on upper part and outer left leg, in ten pieces, parts of right lower arm and left arm still missing.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:5
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_38-4-1
- Alternate IDs
- 38-4-1; HUMFA_38-4-1
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 04/06/1938, 04/08/1938
- Title
- Headless limestone seated statue of Neferkhennisut
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 30+ cm Width: 13 cm Length: 23 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2088, chapel ([base] and feet) and room c (upper part)
- Bibliography
- Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 81, fig. 30.
- Remarks
- MFA 38.2146.1 = seat and base with lower body of figure, MFA 38.2146.2 = upper torso
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified