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Wood statuette, in two pieces, base and figure; eye put on in white plaster, hair painted black; right side of face and ear gone, both legs broken, chip of lower end of [kilt] on right broken off, two holes in breast.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_35-11-14
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_35-11-14; 35-11-14
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Entry Date
11/11/1935
Title
Wood statue
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: figure: 18.9 cm; total: 19.3 cm Width: figure: 4.5 cm; base: 4.5 cm Length: base: 9.7 cm Thickness: figure: 5 cm; base: 1.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2347a C (= G 5564 A), chamber, under debris
Bibliography
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 84.
Remarks
pits G 2347a CDE = pits G 5564 ABC
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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