Head of red granite statue
Fragment of nearly life-sized red granite statue, head and [proper] right shoulder (perfect except for tip of nose). Four other fragments of this statue were found [HUMFA_15-11-69]: left shoulder and upper arm, and three fragments of left elbow and forearm.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- MMA_64.66.3
- Alternate IDs
- 64.66.3; MMA_64.66.3; HUMFA_15-11-69; 15-11-69; MFAB_21.932; 21.932
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- 11/25/1915
- Title
- Head of red granite statue
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height: ca 33.3 cm Width: 32.3 cm Thickness: 21.4 cm
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
- Provenance
- Pit G 4813 C
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1915. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_21.932). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
- Remarks
- Head and right shoulder = MMA_64.66.3 (= deaccessioned MFAB_21.932); four left shoulder and arm fragments = HUMFA_15-11-69
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and MMA accession numbers verified