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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple, G 2381, G 2150

Statuettes of Menkaure and tools: unfinished gneiss seated statuettes from Menkaure valley temple (from left to right): (1908) no. 13 (= published no. 25 = 08-7-1 = MFA 11.731), (1908) no. 14 (= published no. 26 = 08-7-8 = MFA 11.730), (1908) no. 18 (= published no. 35 = 08-7-13 = MFA 11.732); granite hammer from G 2150: MFA 06.1878; copper chisels from G 2381: 12-12-137 (= MFA 13.3428), 12-12-139 (= MFA 13.3426)

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_AAW447
  • Department
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure Valley Temple, G 2381, G 2150
  • Date
    11/01/1991
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: hammer: provenance according to artemis (based on note card with object) G 2503, but no tomb G 2503 recorded, provenance as G 2150 based on original photo register entry (see C992/C12669), object not registered (no registration records from this date); MFA accession number verified; statuettes: registration numbers based on publication (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified; tools: identifications verified (12-12-220 corrected to read 12-12-139); MFA accession numbers verified; duplicate of official Visual Archives photo

Tombs and Monuments 3

Finds 6