Menkaure Triads
ثلاثيات منقرع
4th Dynasty · Old Kingdom · c. 2490 BCE
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Details
In Egypt- Where to see it
- Egyptian Museum Cairo + Boston MFA (one)
- Found at
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Type
- statue
- Material
- greywacke siltstone
About this object
A set of five intricately carved greywacke triads showing Menkaure flanked by Hathor and a personification of an Egyptian province — Old Kingdom sculpture at its peak.
Current location
Egyptian Museum Cairo + Boston MFA (one)
In the site
Grand Egyptian Museum, Old Kingdom gallery (originally Egyptian Museum Cairo and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Materials
greywacke siltstone
Dimensions
H ~92–95 cm each
Provenance
Excavated 1908 by George Reisner from the Valley Temple of Menkaure's pyramid complex at Giza. Five surviving triads, originally part of a set of 42 (one per nome of Upper Egypt).
Depicts
Sourcing
Phase 0 hand-curated — pending Egyptologist review
Citations
- · Reisner, G. (1931). Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza.
- · Friedman, F. (2008). The Menkaure Dyad and Triads. Boston MFA.
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