Fragments of alabaster statue
Two fitting fragments of alabaster statue, forming four toes of lion's paw, possibly from a sphinx. [published no. 47a = 10-1-14]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.2172
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.2172; 47.2172; 10-1-9; 10-1-14
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster statue
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Other: 8.5 x 14.5 cm (3 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.) Other: 5.4 x 4.3 cm (2 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / room I 19 upper debris)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 37, 114, pl. 64c.
- 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; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1910.