This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2009, serdab

Dimensions/Weight: Height: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)

Classification: Sculpture

Description: Painted limestone statuette of Ptahneferti as small boy; figure naked and wearing a sidelock stands with left foot forward, left arm at side, right arm raised with forefinger extended to touch lip (a characteristic gesture in Egyptian representations of children); body painted red, hair and eyebrows black, eyes yellow, base and back pillar black.

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Bates, Oric. "Sculptures from the Excavations at Giza, 1905-1906." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5, No. 26 (1907), p. 21. D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 89, cat. 16. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 92. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 56, 59, fig. 33.

Remarks: Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).