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
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On viewClassificationsSculpture
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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.
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.
2465–2150 B.C.
2500–2350 B.C.
1295–1070 B.C.
1539–1075 B.C.
1390–1327 B.C.
2465–2323 B.C.
2465–2323 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
2465–2323 B.C.
2465–2323 B.C.