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Accessory from limestone servant statue: calf's head

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2 of 2 • Accessories from painted limestone servant statues: top row: [G 2371] 12-11-34 (= MFA 13.3443 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.12), [G 2385 S1] 12-12-199 (= MFA 13.3435), 12-12-200 (= MFA 13.3436), 12-12-197 (= MFA 13.3433 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.11); middle row: [G 2385 S1] 12-12-194 (= MFA 13.3430), 12-12-195 (= MFA 13.3431 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.4), 12-12-198 (= MFA 13.3434), 12-12-196 (= MFA 13.3432); bottom row: [G 2385 S1] 12-12-201 (= MFA 13.3437 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.7), 12-12-202 (= MFA 13.3438), 12-12-203 (= MFA 13.3439 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.8), 12-12-204 (= MFA 13.3440 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.6), [G 2501 A] 12-12-215 (= MFA 13.3444)
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Accessories from painted limestone servant statues: top row: [G 2371] 12-11-34 (= MFA 13.3443 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.12), [G 2385 S1] 12-12-199 (= MFA 13.3435), 12-12-200 (= MFA 13.3436), 12-12-197 (= MFA 13.3433 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.11); middle row: [G 2385 S1] 12-12-194 (= MFA 13.3430), 12-12-195 (= MFA 13.3431 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.4), 12-12-198 (= MFA 13.3434), 12-12-196 (= MFA 13.3432); bottom row: [G 2385 S1] 12-12-201 (= MFA 13.3437 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.7), 12-12-202 (= MFA 13.3438), 12-12-203 (= MFA 13.3439 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.8), 12-12-204 (= MFA 13.3440 deaccessioned = MMA 64.66.6), [G 2501 A] 12-12-215 (= MFA 13.3444)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2371, G 2385, G 2501

Piece from painted limestone [servant statue]: calf's head, yellow (?) wash, plaster on back. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    MMA_64.66.7
  • Department
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2385, serdab 1 (S1)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Length: 3.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1964
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_12-12-201
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_13.3437
  • Object Ownership Information
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, MMA_64.66.7; deaccessioned MFAB_13.3437
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, First half of Dynasty 6
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/18/1912
  • Object owned by
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Notes
    Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1912. Received from the Egyptian Government by the MFA in the allotment of finds (MFAB_13.3437). Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on April 8, 1964.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA and MMA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2385

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 2

Institutions 1