Granite statue of queen
Granite statuette, figure of queen (?) standing with feet together, arms at sides with hands open and palms against thighs, and wearing full short wig parted in middle; badly battered, arms broken off, nose and mouth damaged, in three pieces. [1910 no. 4 = published no. 41 = 10-1-6]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.728a-c
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.728a-c; 11.728a-c
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Granite statue of queen
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- 53.4 x 11.9 cm (21 x 4 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .534 H. .119 W.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / magazine III 18 and room I 318)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 37, 113.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1910: 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 1910.