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Fragment of limestone slab stela

Object register page:

Fragment of white limestone [slab stela; portion of linen list]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_38-2-3
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Stelae
  • Findspot
    [G 2110 (?) see remarks]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 5 cm Length: 6.5 cm Thickness: 1.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    February 1938
  • Remarks
    Although Object Register has provenance deleted (originally identified as "from top of G 5236"), list of objects with inscriptions in MFA archives (handwritten presumably by Mahmoud Said Diraz) includes 38-2-3 under G 2110 (Nefer). This fragment may or may not be inscribed limestone fragment mentioned in diary for February 9, 1938 (see diary Vol.31.p.615) under entry for G 5236, and Arabic Diary Book 34, p. 2871. Present location uncertain (not MFA).

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2110

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 5236

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. "A 'New' Slab Stela for Nefer from G 2100? (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: I)." In Stephen E. Thompson and Peter Der Manuelian, eds. Egypt and Beyond: Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005. Providence: Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, 2008, pp. 230-236, figs. 7, 8.