Lower half of granite seated scribe statue of Kawab
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7809, G 7133 (formerly G 7130 X), G 7111
Granite [seated scribe] statue of Kawab; top half missing.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-1-393
- Alternate IDs
- 25-1-393; HUMFA_25-1-393
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 01/07/1925
- Title
- Lower half of granite seated scribe statue of Kawab
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height: 19.5 cm Width: 28.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7111 B, [originally from G 7110-7120: G 7120, chapel]
- Bibliography
- Bárta, Miroslav. "Serdab and Statue Placement in the Private Tombs down to the Fourth Dynasty." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 54 (1998), p. 67. Hawass, Zahi. "The Khufu Statuette: Is it an Old Kingdom Sculpture?" In Paule Posener-Kriéger, ed. Mélanges Gamal Eddin Mokhtar, vol. I. Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1985, p. 386. Reisner, George A. "Report on the Egyptian Expedition during 1934-35." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 33, No. 199 (October 1935), p. 75, fig. 9. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 7, 29, pl. VIIId, figs. 17, 18. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 46.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
