Digital Giza | Fragments of red granite sarcophagus of Khufukhaf I

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7130-7140

Fragments of red granite sarcophagus; plain, without handles, decoration, or inscription. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:10

ID

HUMFA_36-10-37
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
Findspot

G 7130-7140: pit G 7130 B
Material

Granite
Dimensions

Height: 92 cm Width: 86 cm Length: 226 cm Thickness: 13.5 cm; 18.5 cm; 24 cm; lid: 13.5 cm, 15.5 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date of Register Entry

10/28/1936
Owner

Khufukhaf [I] (G 7130-7140)
Remarks

lid: .2840 cbm; coffin: 1.7881-.7375 = 1.0505 cbm; weight coffin: 2.31 to 2.84 tons + weight lid: .61 to .75 tons = 2.92 to 3.59 tons

Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 19, fig. 22.

Khufukhaf [I] (G 7130-7140)
- Type Owner
- Remarks Son of Khufu and probably Henutsen. He is buried in G 7140.

Fragments of red granite sarcophagus of Khufukhaf I