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Headrest

2649–2150 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number31.800
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Pit G 7753A. December 1929: 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: December 1, 1929)



Box with sliding lid
2960–2649 B.C.
2465–2152 B.C.
2649–2152 B.C.
2649–2150 B.C.
2649–2150 B.C.
2455–2371 B.C.
Stamp seal
3500–2700 B.C.
Headrest
2500–2350 B.C.