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Fragment of seated statuette of Menkaura (Mycerinus)

2490–2472 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueAnorthosite gneiss
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 23 x 16 x 21 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.727
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Valley Temple of Menkaura Pyramid Complex. 1911: 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: March 2, 1911)