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Serving statuette - butcher

Egyptian

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4

2575–2465 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Tomb G 7530 A

Medium/Technique Limestone

Dimensions Height x width x length: 20 x 9.5 x 19 cm (7 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Accession Number30.1462

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionFragmentary "serving statuette" of limestone; sitting/squatting figure with one knee drawn up, in the act of cutting a bound calf. Right shoulder & upper arm, head, and portions of sides of base broken off and missing. Six fingers on right hand. Assembled from three joining fragments.

Part of right shouder (1/26/05).

ProvenanceFrom Giza, Tomb G 7530 a (Meresankh III). 1927: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: 1930)