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Block of limestone relief

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2421

Large block of nummulitic limestone [relief]; compartment [offering] list: five registers with seventeen compartments each with two additional compartments in fifth register on right under image of two priests, one kneeling on both knees, other, [identified as Sakhet], standing behind him, both facing left, over and in front of them [GLYPHS], part of tablet with offering table scene and uninscribed cross bar on left, all in relief in plaster, traces of color remain. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_36-5-66
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2421, [room] a
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 49 cm Length: 150 cm Thickness: 28 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/24/1936
  • Owner
    Sakhet (in G 2421)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2421

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

People 1

Ancient People

  • Sakhet (in G 2421)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Appears on block of relief with compartment offering list (36-5-66) from tomb of Minnefer (owner of G 2421), right side, standing behind unnamed kneeling ka-priest, identified as [Xrj-Hb] lector-priest; found in G 2421.