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Fragment of limestone relief

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Khufu pyramid temple

[One of] nine fragments of white limestone wall relief. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:5

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_37-3-4c
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    Debris N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, [originally from Khufu pyramid temple (?)]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 8 cm Width: 10 cm Thickness: 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/06/1937

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Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Cwiek, Andrzej. Relief Decoration in the Royal Funerary Complexes of the Old Kingdom: Studies in the Development, Scene Content and Iconography. Warsaw: Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Warsaw University, 2003, p. 94.

    Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 4-5, fig. 7.