Object owner details: MFA accession numbers: 14.1187.1–14.1187.5, 24.603

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Street N of mastaba G 4820, [some originally from G 5230]

Alabaster

Description: Many various fragments of alabaster [statues]; [including: a) fragments from statue of Khumnbaef (Babef) including: portion of proper left side of figure from ankle to waist, fragmentary inscribed back support, portion of base, belonging with 14-2-2 and 14-3-1; b) fragments of at least one other statue]. Illustration: No

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Brovarski, Edward. "Two Old Kingdom Writing Boards from Giza." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 71 (1987), p. 47, note 5. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 53.

Remarks: MFA 24.603 reconstructed alabaster statue of Khunmbaef (Babaef): including fragments from 14-2-2 = one fragment (top of inscribed back support) + 14-2-4 = multiple fragments (body, base, and back support) + 14-3-1 = multiple fragments (head) (reconstructed by William Young and David Dennis, 1939). MFA 14.1187.1: one fragment; MFA 14.1187.2: four joining fragments; MFA 14.1187.3 three joining fragments of inscribed base; MFA 14.1187.4: one fragment of inscribed base (?); MFA 14.1187.5: six joining fragments forming part of torso, arm, and hand.