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Cemetery G 1200: G 1226, debris with head of limestone statue (MFA 47.1744), looking __

Details

ID
HUMFA_C11133_OS
Alternate IDs
HUMFAC11133OS; C11133_OS; C11133; HUMFA_C11133_OS
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date
January 1905
Subjects
Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 1226
Media View
Western Cemetery
Remarks
Attribution of unregistered head MFA 47.1744 to "G 1225, chapel" based on photo register entries for C11952_OS, C11953_OS, C11954_OS; in situ photo C11133_OS attributes it to G 1226; no distinctive architectural feature in C11133_OS and no object registration records available to confirm either attribution.
Problems/Questions
VERIFIED: provenance of unregistered statue head questionable, see remarks; object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906); MFA accession number verified

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