Unfinished gneiss statuette of Menkaure
Unfinished gneiss seated statuette of Menkaure; second step of work, red guide lines for workman visible; good condition. [1908 no. 14 = published no. 26 = 08-7-8]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.730
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.730; 11.730
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
- Title
- Unfinished gneiss statuette of Menkaure
- Medium
- Anorthosite gneiss
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 35.2 x 18.5 cm (13 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / room E = magazine III 3)
- Bibliography
- Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 281, cat. 73. Grzymski, Krzysztof. "Royal Statuary." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 52. Hery, François-Xavier. "L'"inachevé" à la salle souterraine de la pyramide de Kheops." Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Atti, Volume I. Turin, 1993, pp. 260-261. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 145. Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 36, 112.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1908: 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)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1908.
