Fragmentary limestone reserve head
White limestone reserve head; broken in eight fragments, some still missing from right and left cheek, right temple and back of head, as well as one and a half ears.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:3
Details
- ID
- MMA_48.156
- Alternate IDs
- 48.156; MMA_48.156; HUMFA_36-12-5; 36-12-5; MFAB_37.643; 37.643
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Entry Date
- 12/30/1936
- Title
- Fragmentary limestone reserve head
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 27 cm Width: 16 cm Thickness: 21 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1948
- Provenance
- Pit G 7560 B
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1936. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_37.643). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on December 6, 1948.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified
