Fragment of alabaster royal statue
Fragment of alabaster (fine grained, wavy lined) royal statue, possibly of Menkaure, part of face; broken below eyes, nose battered, beard broken off and broken at neck, traces of red paint inside nostrils. [1910 no. 5 = published no. 24a]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.717
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.717; 11.717
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.3 x 11 x 6 cm (4 13/16 x 4 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / above III 12)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 37, 112, pl. 64b.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911).