Illustrative model — an approximation, not a scan of the original object.
c. 2532 – 2503 BCE
King Menkaure and a Queen
Fourth Dynasty.
- Material
- Greywacke
- Findspot
- Valley temple of Menkaure, Giza
- Discovery
- Found by the Harvard–Boston expedition led by George Reisner in 1910.
- Held by
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Inventory number
- 11.1738
King and queen stand side by side, her arm around his waist. The upper part is finely polished, while parts of the lower section were never finished.
Certainty: Established
The lower part of the statue was never fully finished, revealing stages in carving hard stone.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston “King Menkaura and queen, accession 11.1738”
Certainty: Uncertain
The queen’s identity is uncertain, as the statue carries no inscription naming her.
Scholarly note: Queen Khamerernebty II has been suggested, without conclusive evidence.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston “King Menkaura and queen, accession 11.1738”
- Mark Lehner (1997) “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson, London