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Unfinished statuette of King Menkaura (Mycerinus)

2490–2472 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueAnorthosite gneiss
DimensionsHeight x width: 35.2 x 18.5 cm (13 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.730
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: Marchh 2, 1911)