Object owner details: MFA 37.637 deaccessioned; Cleveland Museum of Art (1948.420)

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2421, serdab, first statue from N in row along W wall facing E (four statues of Min-nefer standing in row in serdab along W wall, facing E, smallest on N, largest on S, all but smallest incomplete, missing parts never found)

Limestone

Expedition Measurements: Height: 55 cm Width: 12 cm Length: base: 23 cm

Description: Perfect limestone statue, standing figure of [GLYPHS] Minnefer; figure standing with left foot advanced, arms hanging down at sides, hands closed holding handkerchief (?), supported on back by slab of nearly same width as base with round top a little lower than head, wears short wig, [kilt] with pleated apron, belt with belt buckle and tie, body painted brown, [kilt] white, apron yellow, hair, back support, and base black, inscribed in three short horizontal lines on base in front of right foot (beside advanced left foot); even back of figure well-carved. Illustration: Yes

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 27, fig. 2.