Object owner details: MFA accession number: 13.3472

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Surface debris in front of pit G 2370 B and about G 2382 A

Alabaster

Expedition Measurements: Height: 12.3 cm Width: 8.3 cm

Description: Fragments of royal statuette (Khafre ?) in alabaster with two horizontal reddish veins, three-quarters of face; hair lock in relief, cosmetic stripes in relief, beautifully modeled; three fragments, right eye and right part of head missing, nose broken, chin beard broken off. Illustration: Yes

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, p. 34, pl. 12c.