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Statue of a seated scribe
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, dynasty 4
2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza
Medium/Technique
Red Granite
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H 0.330
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number34.53
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionRed granite seated scribe, uninscribed. Broken at waist but about complete. Face, and right knee damaged; front of base broken off. Apparently portrait of Seshemnefer I.
ProvenanceFrom Giza G 2200 B. 1933: 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.