Accessory from limestone servant statue: grindstone
Limestone [model] "grinding stone" belonging to servant statue; sides painted red, hole in bottom.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- MMA_64.66.9
- Alternate IDs
- 64.66.9; MMA_64.66.9; HUMFA_35-11-20; 35-11-20; MFAB_37.648; 37.648
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 11/12/1935
- Title
- Accessory from limestone servant statue: grindstone
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 4 cm Width: 5.8 cm Length: 9.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
- Provenance
- Pit G 2347a E (= G 5564 C)
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1935. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_37.648). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
- Remarks
- pits G 2347a CDE = pits G 5564 ABC
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified
