Details
| Maker | Egyptian |
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| Title |
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| Date | between 2565 and 2420 BCE |
| Medium | Carved Limestone |
| Dimensions | Overall (as displayed): 74 × 122 × 11 inches (188 × 309.9 × 27.9 cm) Sight: 9 × 10 × 6 inches (22.9 × 25.4 × 15.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, McGregor Fund |
| Accession Number | 71.292.H |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| On View | Egyptian: Preparing for the Afterlife, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
ca. 1901-1905, excavated by George A. Fischer and the Harvard-Boston expedition from tomb of Mery-nesut (Giza necropolis, Al Haram, Egypt);
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusettes, USA);
1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusettes, USA);
1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Smith. Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London, 1946, p 65.
Bulletin of the DIA 51, no. 2 and 3 (1972): pp. 63-80 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 51, no. 2 and 3 (1972): pp. 63-80 (ill.).
