Limestone servant statue
Crudely made limestone servant statue, standing male figure carrying two (or perhaps three) traditional offering jars, one balancing on his shoulder and other held under his left arm; clad in very short [kilt] with left shoulder strap only and with belt (without buckle), hair (no wig), [irises], eyebrows and eyelashes painted black, white of eye and [kilt] white, body and jars red-brown, interior of jars black; incomplete, right ear, right temple, right cheek, nose, and mouth slightly chipped, lower left and whole right arm, right leg, and left leg below knee missing.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: ca 1:3
Details
- ID
- GEM_11633
- Alternate IDs
- 11633; GEM_11633; EMC_JE_72140; JE_72140; EMC_SR_2/15245; SR_2/15245; HUMFA_38-4-5; 38-4-5
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 04/10/1938
- Title
- Limestone servant statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 29.8 cm Width: 14.3 cm Thickness: 7 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2088, serdab 2
- Bibliography
- Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 83, fig. 41, pl. 32d.