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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, S wall, W door jamb of entrance to inner room (detail, head of Kanefer): MFA 13.4352

ID: MFAB_AAW1885
Department: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2184
Date: 05/07/2003
Problems/Questions: VERIFIED: object not registered; MFA accession number verified
Photographer: Peter Der Manuelian, 1959–

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Kanefer (in G 2184)

Father ([jt=f] his father) of Akhmerutnisut (owner of G 2184). North and south false doors on east face of mastaba: north false door inscribed for Kanefer and his wife Nuut, south false door (consists of only crossbar = lower lintel and drum lintel) inscribed for Kanefer, identified on both as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 2184 (previously covered by two later phases of construction, first by painted mud plaster wall, and later by limestone wall of relief = west wall of outer room of chapel). North false door in west wall of outer room of chapel inscribed for Kanefer and Nuut and appears with Nuut on west door jamb of entrance to inner room in south wall of outer room; west and south walls of outer room of chapel (MFA 13.4352) found in situ in G 2184.

Type: Individual - Ancient
Gender: Male
Also Known As: Alternate spelling:Kanofer, Alternate spelling:Kanufer, Alternate spelling:Kainefer, Manuel de Codage:kAnfr
Remarks: Father ([jt=f] his father) of Akhmerutnisut (owner of G 2184). North and south false doors on east face of mastaba: north false door inscribed for Kanefer and his wife Nuut, south false door (consists of only crossbar = lower lintel and drum lintel) inscribed for Kanefer, identified on both as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 2184 (previously covered by two later phases of construction, first by painted mud plaster wall, and later by limestone wall of relief = west wall of outer room of chapel). North false door in west wall of outer room of chapel inscribed for Kanefer and Nuut and appears with Nuut on west door jamb of entrance to inner room in south wall of outer room; west and south walls of outer room of chapel (MFA 13.4352) found in situ in G 2184.

IIIF manifest: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/manifests/ancientpeople-153

13 of 17 • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, S wall, W door jamb of entrance to inner room (detail, head of Kanefer): MFA 13.4352

Cemetery G 2100: G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, entrance of inner room (= statue room = offering room), looking SW (W and S walls of outer room = MFA 13.4352)

Cemetery G 2100: G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, W wall, after removal of stone wall (MFA 13.4352) and painted mud wall, false doors of Kanefer (S false door consists of only crossbar = lower lintel and drum lintel inscribed for Kanefer, N false door inscribed for Kanefer and Nuut) in E face of mastaba, looking W

Cemetery G 2100: G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, W wall, after removal of stone wall (MFA 13.4352) and painted mud wall, S false door (only crossbar = lower lintel and drum lintel) inscribed for Kanefer in E face of mastaba, looking W

Cemetery G 2100: G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, E face, N false door inscribed for Kanefer and Nuut, looking W

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, S wall, W door jamb of entrance to inner room (figures of Kanefer and Nuut): MFA 13.4352

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, S wall, W door jamb of entrance to inner room (detail, head of Kanefer): MFA 13.4352

Harvard Semitic Museum: modern reconstruction of G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, created by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (”Mummies & Magic” exhibition, 1988); W door jamb of entrance to inner room (figures of Kanefer and Nuut, original relief = MFA 13.4352) ("looking W")

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, W wall, N half, N false door inscribed for Kanefer and Nuut, and relief (striding figure of Akhmerutnisut with his son Akhmerutnisut depicted as young boy standing between his legs): MFA 13.4352

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gallery 2B37: limestone relief from G 2184, Akhmerutnisut, chapel, outer room, S wall, W door jamb of entrance to inner room (figures of Kanefer and Nuut): MFA 13.4352