Unfinished limestone statuette of Menkaure
Unfinished reddish limestone seated statuette of Menkaure; broken and chipped. [1908 no. 20 = published no. 33 = 08-7-11]
Details
- ID
- MMA_37.6.1
- Alternate IDs
- 37.6.1; MMA_37.6.1; MFAB_11.723a-b; 11.723a-b; HUMFA_08-7-11; 08-7-11
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
- Title
- Unfinished limestone statuette of Menkaure
- Medium
- Indurated limestone
- Dimensions
- H. 20 cm (7 7/8 in) W. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1937
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple, sculptor's workshop (MVT / room 1 = portico, SE corner)
- Bibliography
- Grzymski, Krzysztof. "Royal Statuary." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 52. 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
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, but not recorded in any object register book. Received from the Egyptian Government by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the allotment of finds, and accessioned on March 2, 1911 (MFAB_11.723a-b). Deaccessioned by the MFA; obtained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in an exchange of objects with the MFA on January 21, 1937.
- Remarks
- Registration number (HUMFA_08-7-11) obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1908.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified
