Fragment of alabaster royal statue
Fragment of alabaster royal statue (queen); parallel ridged pattern as found on vulture headdress. [published no. 8a = 10-3-00]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.2147
- Alternate IDs
- 47.2147; MFAB_47.2147; 10-3-00d
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3.1 x 4.9 x 1.4 cm (1 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Subsidiary pyramid G III-a temple (MQT / room 9, stratum 5)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 56, 108, pl. 17d.
- 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.