Fragment of alabaster royal statue
Fragment of alabaster royal statue, first three and half toes of right foot and portion of first three toes of left foot (finely incised toenails), smooth and polished surface perpendicular to surface level of toes with slight curve, part of base; section containing left foot toes broken off but glued back into place on larger fragment, right foot of this piece completed by 47.1784.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1786
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.1786; 47.1786
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster royal statue
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.8 x 30.3 x 8.7 cm (4 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Friedman, Florence Dunn. "The Names of Menkaure." In Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz, Edyta Kopp, and Daniel Takács, eds. 'The Perfection that Endures... ': Studies on Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Warsaw: Department of Egyptology - Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, 2018, p. 121; plate XXIII.1.
- 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.
- Remarks
- Portion of base with feet of alabaster statue (composed of multiple fragments): MFA 47.1784 + MFA 47.1786 + MFA 47.1787 + MFA 47.1788 + MFA 47.1789.
