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Greywacke pair statue of Menkaure and Queen Findspot: Menkaure Valley Temple Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure, about 2490–2472 B.C. Greywacke Dimensions/Weight: Height x width x depth: 142.2 x 57.1 x 55.2 cm (56 x 22 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.) Classification: Sculpture Description: Greywacke standing pair statue (dyad) of Menkaure and queen, possibly Khamerernebty II; roughly 3/4 lifesize, unfinished, king's head fully finished, head of queen nearly finished, and rest of figures ready for polishing (no inscriptions, unpolished base), faint fraces of red paint on sides of king's head and portions of painted necklace on breast of queen; perfect except for end of king's beard (now found and in place). [published no. 17 = 10-1-16] Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition: 11.1738 Published References: Arnold, Dorothea. When the Pyramids were Built. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 66, 69, figs. 57, 58. Assmann, Jan. "Preservation and Presentation of Self in Ancient Egyptian Portraiture." In Peter Der Manuelian, ed., Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson 1. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1996, p. 64, fig. 13. Bothmer, Bernard V. "Notes on the Mycerinus Triad." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 48, No. 271 (February 1950), p.12, fig. 2. Dunham, Dows. "Portraiture in Ancient Egypt." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 41, No. 246 (December 1943), p. 71, fig. 8. Dunham, Dows. The Egyptian Department and its Excavations. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1958, pp. 36-38, fig. 21. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 86-87 (mislabeled 11.17385). Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 25, fig. 8. Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, pp. 37, 110. Remarks: Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1910.full view