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Unfinished statuette of King Menkaura (Mycerinus)

2490–2472 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueAnorthosite gneiss
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 36 x 16 x 23.2 cm (14 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.732
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple. 1908: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA by the Egyptian government.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)