This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)

Findspot: , Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / room 2 = offering room)

Dimensions/Weight: Height x width x depth: 23 x 16 x 21 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Classification: Sculpture

Description: Lower portion of black and white gneiss seated statue; inscription on front of throne at sides of legs and on top of base, text gives Horus name and cartouche of Menkaure on right side and beloved of Sokar and epithets of Sokar on left side; broken at waist, upper part missing, edges chipped. [1908 no. 22 = published no. 39 = 08-7-26]

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Grzymski, Krzysztof. "Royal Statuary." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 52. Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 145. Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 36, 113.

Remarks: Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1908.