Fragments of inscribed limestone servant statue
Twelve fragments of rectangular yellow limestone table, belonging to servant statue, figure stood on small end of table; right hand perserved on upper edge of table and left foot beside opposite rear leg of table, top of table sloping downwards away from figure, inscribed [GLYPHS] Katjesu on top of base along long left side of table facing out right, table painted red-brown (?).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: ca 1:3
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_38-4-17
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_38-4-17; 38-4-17
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 04/08/1938
- Title
- Fragments of inscribed limestone servant statue
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 14.5 cm Width: 9.8 cm Length: 20 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. 82, fig. 38, p. 84. 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.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
