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Object register entry:
Field number: 34-4-1a
Field number: 34-4-1a
Entry date(s): 04/18/1934
Object owner details: MFA
Lower half of diorite seated scribe statue of Kawab
Findspot: Eastern Cemetery, G 7110-7120: G 7120, exterior chapel, debris under roof stone in front of portico
Diorite
Expedition Measurements: Height: 32 cm
Width: 52 cm; originally: ca 58 cm
Thickness: 39.5 cm; originally: ca 41 cm
Description: Lower half of diorite squatting statue of [GLYPHS] Kawab; hands holding open papyrus roll on lap, right hand closed thumb inwards (holding pen ?), left hand open ? (palm down ?); inscription on papyrus roll facing figure, reading from right to left, top row: "'Htp dj nswt, 1000 of bread, 1000 of beer, 1000 of cake, 1000 of oxen, linen (1000 omitted), 1000 of gazelle, 1000 of geese, ra nb"; second line: "[n wr mDw sma(w) kA-wAb]"; inscription on top of front part of base, reading from right to left, [GLYPHS], and on belt, reading from right to left, [GLYPHS]; broken off above belt in front and a little further down on back, raised parts of arms and hands broken off as well as both knees, projecting part of base and toes of left foot broken off.
Illustration: Yes
Illustration scale: 1:4
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
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. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 7, pl. VIIIa-c, figs. 17, 18.
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. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 7, pl. VIIIa-c, figs. 17, 18.
Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978.
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, pp. 379-394.
Bernhauer, Edith. "Die Statuen mit Papyrusrolle im Alten Reich" In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp.63-70.
Bárta, Miroslav. "Serdab and Statue Placement in the Private Tombs down to the Fourth Dynasty." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 54 (1998), pp. 65-75.
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, pp. 379-394.
Bernhauer, Edith. "Die Statuen mit Papyrusrolle im Alten Reich" In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp.63-70.
Bárta, Miroslav. "Serdab and Statue Placement in the Private Tombs down to the Fourth Dynasty." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 54 (1998), pp. 65-75.
