Limestone headrest
Limestone headrest, in three pieces (top, column, and base separate); mortise on both ends of fluted column, base inscribed for Redienptah on one face.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_21.2792a-c
- Alternate IDs
- 21.2792a-c; MFAB_21.2792a-c
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Furniture
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone headrest
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: H. 0.240 L. 0.190
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 1360 A, in pit coffin with burial
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Deaccessioned September 21, 1978)
- Remarks
- MFA 21.2792a-c deaccessioned.