This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1912: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1912: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2185, serdab

Dimensions/Weight: H. 19.5 cm, w. 8.2 cm

Classification: Sculpture

Description: Limestone servant statue of woman grinding grain on quern; figure wears calf-length skirt and has hair tied in a cloth.

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Breasted, James Henry. Egyptian Servant Statues. The Bollingen Series 13. New York: Pantheon Books, 1948, p. 20, n. 3, pl. 19b. D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 90-91, cat. 21. Dunham, Dows. The Egyptian Department and its Excavations. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1958, p. 145, fig. 118. Daily Life in Ancient Israel: Essays and Catalog of an Exhibition at the Yeshiva University Museum. New York City: Yeshiva University Museum, 1980, pp. 17-19, 78, fig. 11. Herrmann, John. Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World. Nagoya: Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1999, cat. 36.