Fragmentary inscribed limestone servant statue
Limestone servant statue, squatting male figure cutting goose; color almost gone, except for traces of black on back of head and red-brown on left shoulder and lower arm, name written vertically on top of base along edge beside left foot [GLYPHS] Nenankh (but not clear) facing right; in five pieces, not quite complete, left part of face and neck, part of lower left arm, part of knife, two chips of goose's neck, and some of base missing.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: ca 1:3
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_38-4-3
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_38-4-3; 38-4-3
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 04/08/1938
- Title
- Fragmentary inscribed limestone servant statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 24.2 cm Width: 10.2 cm Length: 21 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2088, room c
- Bibliography
- Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 81, fig. 33. Roth, Ann Macy. "The Meaning of Menial Labor: 'Servant Statues' in Old Kingdom Serdabs." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 39 (2002), pp. 112-113.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
