Limestone seated statue of Akhmerutnisut
Limestone seated portrait statue of Akhmerutnisut, superintendent of royal gardens; carved in chunky style typical of late Dynasty 5 and early Dynasty 6, figure sits with left hand flat upon knee and right closed in fist, wears pleated kilt and wig with center part; nose damaged.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_12.1482
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_12.1482; 12.1482
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, mid Dynasty 5 - early Dynasty 6
- Title
- Limestone seated statue of Akhmerutnisut
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 68.5 x 24.7 x 45.5 cm (26 15/16 x 9 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2184, chapel
- Bibliography
- Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, p. 270, note 31. D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 83-87, cat. 14. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 74-75, cat. 20. Smith, William Stevenson. "Old Kingdom Sculpture." American Journal of Archaeology 45 (1941), pp. 519. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 54.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1912: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1912: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: December 5, 1912)
