Red granite seated pair statue of Irankhptah and Niankhhathor
Red granite seated pair statue inscribed for "steward" Irankhptah and his wife Niankhhathor.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_12.1488
- Alternate IDs
- 12.1488; MFAB_12.1488
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Neferirkare to Reneferef
- Entry Date
- about 2446–2420 B.C.
- Title
- Red granite seated pair statue of Irankhptah and Niankhhathor
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 49.2 x 32.7 x 31.4 cm (21 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1501, serdab
- Bibliography
- Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 10 (1912), title page [to be completed]. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Unfinished Business: The Giza Tablet of Tjenti (JE 72135)." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, p. 784, note 22. 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, p. 83, cat. 27. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, pp. 64-65. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 74.
- 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)
- Remarks
- G 1501: outlying mastaba N of cemetery G 1200 (not indicated on published cemetery plan)
