Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
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- Type
- Individual - Ancient
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- Gender
- Male
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- Also Known As
- Alternate spelling : Kainefer
- Manuel de Codage : kAnfr
- Alternate spelling : Ka-nefer
- Alternate spelling : Kanofer
- Alternate spelling : Kanufer
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- Remarks
- Owner of G 2150. North and south false doors inscribed for Kanefer, identified as [jmj-r wpwt smr watj smsw js xrp aH] overseer of commissions, sole companion, elder of the is-chamber, director of the palace]; also appears in interior chapel relief (north, west, south walls), identified as [mdw kA-HD xrp aw xrp tmAtjw smsw js m prwj xrp mrwj nswt jmj-r pHw Hrj-sStA xAswt nbwt] herdsman of the White Bull, director of interpreters, director of bowcase bearers, elder of the is-chamber of the two houses, director of the two canals of the king, overseer of marshlands, master of secrets of every foreign land; in situ in G 2150. Interior chapel entrance door jambs (part of north door jamb: 32-12-8 = MFA 34.57; parts of south door jamb and small section of facade south of interior chapel entrance: 32-12-7 = MFA 34.58), and facade north and south of interior chapel entrance (block from north facade: 32-12-10) inscribed for Kanefer, identified as [Hm-nTr Sbk Sdt sA nswt mdw rxjjt jmj-jb n nTr=f] priest of Sobek of Crocodilopolis, king's son, staff of the commoners, he who is in the heart of his god; in situ in G 2150 (some loose blocks replaced in original position, others removed from site). Displaced lintel, no name preserved but probably belonging to Kanefer, identified as [jmj-r wpwt (smsw js) prwj xrp aw Hrj-sStA xAswt nbwt smr] overseer of commissions, (elder of the is-chamber) of the two houses, director of interpreters, master of secrets of every foreign land, companion; found in street east of G 2150. Drum lintel (Louvre C 155) inscribed for Kanefer, identified as [sA nswt jmj-r wpwt] king’s son, overseer of commissions; findspot unknown, perhaps originally from G 2150.
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Block of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-8
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Block of limestone relief from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-9
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Block of limestone relief from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-10
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Blocks of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-7
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Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-11
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Fragments of limestone relief from tomb of Kanefer
- HUMFA_32-12-12
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K11_ApxA1_p051
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p175
ID: HUMFA_A5745P_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S end, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: HUMFA_B8262_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka) from G 2150, S door jamb: 32-12-7c (= MFA 34.58)
ID: HUMFA_B7755_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, facade S of interior chapel entrance, relief (feet of standing figure of Kanefer, offering bearer identified as ka-priest Ptahwer), looking W
ID: HUMFA_B7156_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, facade N of interior chapel entrance, relief (standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh), looking W
ID: HUMFA_A8172_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription) found in street E of G 2150, originally from G 2150, from either N exterior niche or over exterior chapel entrance
ID: HUMFA_A8044_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracings: sections of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall: upper: inscribed lintel over S false door (cf. A5739, A5740, A5748); lower: S jamb of N false door (cf. B877)
ID: HUMFA_A8045_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall: left: S false door inscribed for Kanefer (cf. A5745); right upper: from bottom of N jamb of N false door; right lower: (?)
ID: HUMFA_A8046_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: section of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, between false doors (standing figures of Kanefer and his son Kasewedja, and registers of offering bearers identified as [upper register] overseer of ka-priests Ptahwer and ka-priest Seneb, [lower register] [Re]dienptah and ka-priest Ptahwer) (cf. A5749, A5755, A5756)
ID: HUMFA_A8047_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: section of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, between false doors (detail, head of standing figure of Kanefer and inscription) (cf. A8027, B745)
ID: HUMFA_A8048_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: section of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, S wall (Kanefer seated at offering table) (cf. A5736)
ID: HUMFA_A8049_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: section of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, upper part (heads of standing figures of Kanefer and his wife Shepsetkau, with inscription above) (cf. A5735, A5737)
ID: HUMFA_A8037_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: sections of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel: upper: register of relief (personified estates, offering bearers) from E wall (cf. A5750); lower (upside down): lower part of offering table scene from S wall (cf. A5736)
ID: HUMFA_A8042_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: sections of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel: left: part of large standing figure of Kanefer, W wall, between false doors (cf. A8029); right: upper registers of relief (offering bearers, [Drty]-mourners), W wall, S end (cf. A5746)
ID: HUMFA_A8043_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing: section of relief from G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites) (cf. A5735)
ID: HUMFA_A7998_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracings by William Stevenson Smith: sections of relief from G 2150, Kanefer: upper: from facade S of interior chapel entrance (feet of standing figure of Kanefer, and offering bearer identified as ka-priest Ptahwer, cf. B7755); middle: inscribed lintel, (cf. A8172); lower: 32-12-9 (from interior chapel, E wall, above entrance, cf. A7034, C1013)
ID: HUMFA_A7999_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150, G 7510
Description: Tracings by William Stevenson Smith: sections of relief from G 2150 and G 7510: top row, left: [] __-__-__; top row, middle: [] __-__-__; top row, right: [G 7510] MFA 34.1468d (cf. A6518, A7076); bottom, left: [G 2150] 32-12-7c (= MFA 34.58, from S door jamb, upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka, cf. B680, B921, B8262); right: [G 2150] from facade S of interior chapel entrance, rear portion of missing figure Kanefer, two partially destroyed figures identified as Neferherenptah(?) and Hernefer(?) (cf. B7755)
ID: HUMFA_A7994_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracing by William Stevenson Smith: section of relief from G 2150, facade N of interior chapel entrance, (standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh) (cf. B1565, B7156)
ID: HUMFA_A7995_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Tracings by William Stevenson Smith: sections of relief from G 2150, Kanefer: upper left: 32-12-10 (from facade N of interior chapel entrance, heads of standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh, cf. A7030); lower left: 32-12-12 (from N wall of interior chapel, part of lower middle portion of standing figure of Kanefer's wife Shepsetkau, cf. A7030); right: 32-12-7a (= MFA 34.58, from S door jamb, cf. A7033)
ID: HUMFA_A5735_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: HUMFA_A5736_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, S wall, relief (Kanefer seated at offering table), looking S
ID: HUMFA_A5737_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief and inscription (detail, upper block, heads of Kanefer and his wife Shepsetkau), looking N
ID: HUMFA_A5738_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S end, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A5739_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S end, lintel over S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A5740_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S end, lintel over S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A5745_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S end, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: HUMFA_A5749_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, standing figures of Kanefer and his son Kasewedja), looking W
ID: HUMFA_B680_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka) from G 2150, S door jamb: 32-12-7c (= MFA 34.58). [Image also known as: B7462_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B745_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (upper part of standing figure of Kanefer) and inscription from G 2150, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S of N false door. [Image also known as: B7461_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B921_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka) from G 2150, S door jamb: 32-12-7c (= MFA 34.58). [Image also known as: B7463_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1565_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh) from G 2150, facade N of interior chapel entrance. [Image also known as: B7883_NS]
ID: HUMFA_B1571_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N. [Image also known as: B7882_NS]
ID: HUMFA_C994_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of relief (heads of standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh) from G 2150, facade N of interior chapel: 32-12-10. [Image also known as: C12667_NS]
ID: PDM_1993.059.21
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription, detail of S part of inscription) in street E of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1993.059.22
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription, detail of central part of inscription) in street east of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1993.059.23
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription, detail of N part of inscription) in street E of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1993.060.08
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, facade N of interior chapel entrance, relief (standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh), looking W
ID: PDM_1993.089.23
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, heads of standing figures of Kanefer and his wife Shepsetkau), looking N
ID: PDM_1993.089.24
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, middle portion of standing figure of Kanefer, inscription above standing figure of his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: PDM_1993.090.01
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, destroyed N false door inscribed for Kanefer (detail, lower S jamb), looking W
ID: PDM_1993.090.02
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, destroyed N false door inscribed for Kanefer (detail, lower S jamb), looking W
ID: PDM_1993.090.10
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, tablet (Kanefer seated at offering table), looking W
ID: PDM_1993.090.11
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, S wall, relief (seated figure of Kanefer), looking S
ID: PDM_1993.091.01
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, head of standing figure of Kanefer), looking N
ID: PDM_1993.091.02
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, head of standing figure of Kanefer), looking N
ID: PDM_1993.091.06
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, head of standing figure of Kanefer), looking W
ID: PDM_1993.112.35
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription, detail, S half of inscription) in street E of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1993.112.36
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription, detail, N half of inscription) in street E of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1993.059.20
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: displaced lintel (with raised relief inscription) in street E of G 2150, looking W
ID: PDM_1999.009.34
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: PDM_1999.009.35
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, upper portion of standing figures of Kanefer and his wife Shepsetkau), looking N
ID: PDM_1999.009.38
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: PDM_1999.010.01
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: PDM_1999.010.02
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: PDM_1999.202.22
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, entrance, S door jamb, relief (remains of seated figure of Kanefer), looking SW
ID: PDM_1999.202.23
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, entrance, N door jamb, relief (remains of figure of Kanefer seated at offering table), looking NW
ID: PDM_1999.202.24
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, entrance, S door jamb, relief (remains of seated figure of Kanefer), looking SE
ID: PDM_1999.202.25
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, entrance, N door jamb, relief (remains of figure of Kanefer seated at offering table), looking NE
ID: PDM_1999.202.29
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (detail, upper portion of standing figures of Kanefer and his wife Shepsetkau), looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW371
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW374
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW388
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW391
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kanefer, his wife Shepsetkau, and his daughter Meretites), looking N
ID: MFAB_AAW394
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, standing figure of Kanefer), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW419
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, standing figure of Kanefer), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW457
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, lintel over S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW460
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW482
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kanefer, looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW485
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, S false door tablet (Kanefer seated at offering table), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW488
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, S wall, relief (Kanefer seated at offering table), looking S
ID: MFAB_AAW514
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, S wall, relief (Kanefer seated at offering table), looking S
ID: MFAB_AAW520
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, standing figures of Kanefer and his son Kasewedja depicted as young boy), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW529
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, (room a) interior chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (detail, standing figures of Kanefer and his son Kasewedja depicted as young boy), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW614
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2150
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2150, Kanefer, facade N of interior chapel entrance, relief (detail, standing figures of Kanefer and his mother[?] Meresankh), looking W
ID: MFAB_AAW854
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Block of limestone relief (upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka) from S door jamb from G 2150: 32-12-7c (= MFA 34.58)
ID: MFAB_AAW865
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Limestone relief from G 2150, Kanefer, parts of N and S door jambs: 32-12-7 (= MFA 34.57) + 32-12-8 (= MFA 34.58)
ID: MFAB_AAW1644
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150
Description: Limestone relief from G 2150, Kanefer, parts of N and S door jambs: 32-12-7 (= MFA 34.58) + 32-12-8 (= MFA 34.57)
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