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Bust of Prince Ankhhaf

2520–2494 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePainted limestone
DimensionsHeight: 50.48 cm (19 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number27.442
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1925, excavated from tomb G 7510 (Tomb of Ankhhaf), Giza, by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1927, assigned in the division of finds by the government of Egypt to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: July 7, 1927)

NOTE: The Egyptian Antiquities Service awarded the Bust of Ankhhaf to the MFA in gratitude for its work on the tomb of Queen Hetepheres, discovered the same year as the Bust.