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2 of 3 • Nine fragments of limestone relief, one fragment of limestone with incised inscription, and one fragment of limestone statue of baboon from N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, relief possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple: top row: 37-3-4a (relief), 37-3-4b (relief), 37-3-4c (relief), 37-3-4d (relief); middle row: 37-3-4e (relief), 37-3-4f (relief), 37-3-4g (relief); bottom row: 37-3-5 (inscribed fragment), 37-3-4h (relief), 37-3-6 (statue fragment), 37-3-4i (relief)
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Nine fragments of limestone relief, one fragment of limestone with incised inscription, and one fragment of limestone statue of baboon from N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, relief possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple: top row: 37-3-4a (relief), 37-3-4b (relief), 37-3-4c (relief), 37-3-4d (relief); middle row: 37-3-4e (relief), 37-3-4f (relief), 37-3-4g (relief); bottom row: 37-3-5 (inscribed fragment), 37-3-4h (relief), 37-3-6 (statue fragment), 37-3-4i (relief)
Drawing: fragments of limestone relief: top: [N of G I-b] 24-11-546 (mislabeled 24-12-546), [N of G I-a] 24-12-57 (= MFA 24.2709), 37-3-4c, 37-3-4d; 2nd row: [N of G I-b] 24-11-473 (= MFA 24.2491), [N of G I-a] 37-3-4h, 37-3-4b, [N of G I-b] 24-11-548; 3rd row: [N of G I-a] 37-3-4g, 37-3-4i, 24-12-97; bottom: [Street G 7000, W of G 7110] 24-11-889 (= MFA 24.2658), [N of G I-a] 24-12-14 (= MFA 24.2686), 37-3-4f, [E of G I-a] 24-11-922, [S of G I-c] 26-2-24

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_37-3-4i
  • 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: 10 cm Width: 12 cm Thickness: 4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/06/1937

Tombs and Monuments 1

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • 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.