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Object register entry:
Field number: 12-11-58
Field number: 12-11-58
Entry date(s): 11/30/1912
Object owner details: MFA accession number: 13.3149a-c
Fragment of limestone seated statue of Nekhebu
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2381 S[outh]
Limestone
Expedition Measurements: Height: 26 cm
Description: Body and seat of painted limestone statuette, seated male figure [(Nekhebu)], head 12-12-176a (found in G 2381 X) fits on neck; legs and arms free; legs, front of stand, and arms missing, red paint well preserved on body.
Illustration: No
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 270-271. Fisher, Clarence S. "New Egyptian Galleries." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 12, No. 71 (1914), p. 39. Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, About 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (1913), p. 53. Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), p. 276, note 76. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 86. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63-64, fig. 36.
Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 270-271. Fisher, Clarence S. "New Egyptian Galleries." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 12, No. 71 (1914), p. 39. Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, About 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (1913), p. 53. Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), p. 276, note 76. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 86. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63-64, fig. 36.
Brovarski, Edward. "A Triad for Pehenptah." Warsaw Egyptological Studies I. Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipinska. Warsaw: National Museum "Pro-Egipt," 1997, pp. 261-273.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960.
Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), pp. 269-279.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960.
Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 51 (1995), pp. 269-279.
Remarks: Fragmentary (incomplete) seated statue of Nekhebu: MFA 13.3149a-c = 12-11-58 (body and seat) + 12-12-176a (head). Uninscribed, attributed to Nekhebu.
Problems/Questions:
MFA accession number verified
