Fragment of gneiss seated scribe statue
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 1, street G 7400, street G 7000, avenue G 0, street G 7100, G 7110-7120, G 7812
Fragment of [Old Kingdom] [gneiss] statue [of "squatting scribe", with hands forward over lap]; [worked dowel under right arm, flesh painted red].
Illustration: Yes.
Additional illustration: Yes.
Additional illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-1105
- Alternate IDs
- 24-12-1105; HUMFA_24-12-1105
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 12/27/1924
- Title
- Fragment of gneiss seated scribe statue
- Medium
- [Gneiss]
- Dimensions
- Width: 5.5 cm Length: 10.2 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7100], mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7110, chapel, [N of exterior chapel of G 7120], [originally from G 7110-7120: G 7120]
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 5, 7, pl. IXa, fig. 17.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
