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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

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