Statue
royal statue
80.0cm
261.5cm
137.0cm
granite
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Found by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Senenmut Quarry in season 1927–1928; acquired by the museum in the division of finds in 1929.
Museum object
Archive photos:
MMA photos M.9.C.287 [right], M.9.C.297–M.9.C.303, M.10.C.65, M.10.C.148–M.10.C.150
Bibliography:
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