Fragment of alabaster statue
Fragment of alabaster statue, part of lion's claw, possibly from a sphinx. [published no. 47b = 10-1-9]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.2046
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.2046; 47.2046
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of alabaster statue
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 3 x 6 x 5.5 cm (1 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure valley temple (MVT / under room I 10)
- 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. 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.