Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2188
Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog named Abutiu. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
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- ID
- EMC_JE_67573
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
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- Findspot
- Pit G 2188 Y, outside chamber
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Width: 28.5 cm Length: 55 cm Thickness: 23 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_35-10-22
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/14869
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_67573)
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- Period
- Old Kingdom
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- Date of Register Entry
- 10/17/1935
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- Owner
- Abutiu (in G 2188)
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Problems/Questions
- Cairo JE number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Fischer, Henry G. "An Old Kingdom Monogram [GLYPHS]." Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache 63 (1966), p. 57, fig. 2
Goldwasser, Orly. Prophets, Lovers and Giraffes: Wor(l)d Classification in Ancient Egypt. Wiesbaden: Otta Harrassowitz, 2002, p. 93, fig. 5-1.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 81.
Reisner, G.A. "The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 34, No. 206 (1936), pp. 96-99.
Reisner, George A. "Ancient King Gives Dog A Royal Burial." The American Kennel Gazette 55, No. 5 (May 1, 1938), pp. 7-9, 180-182.
Roccati, Alessandro. La litterature historique sous l'Ancien Empire egyptien. Litteratures anciennes du Proche-Orient 11. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 1982, pp. 103-104.Rowe, Alan. "Studies in the Archaeology of the Near East II: Some Facts Concerning the Gread Pyramids of el-Gîza and Their Royal Constructors." Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 44, No. 1 (September 1961), p. 106.
Strudwick, Nigel. Texts from the Pyramid Age. Writings from the Ancient World 16. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005, pp. 425-426 (text 324) .
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- Type Object owned by
ID: HUMFA_B8518_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2188
Description: Block of inscription (large scale), about 12 vertical lines of sunk relief hieroglyphs mentioning the dog named [abwtjw] Abutiu, from G 2188 Y (reused as burial chamber lining): 35-10-22 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67573)
ID: HUMFA_C13578_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2188
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2188 Y, block of sunk relief inscription with text for dog named [abwtjw] Abutiu (35-10-22 = Cairo JE 67573) in situ (reused as burial chamber lining), looking ESE
ID: HUMFA_C4886_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2188
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2188 (abutting W face of G 2196), area of G 2188 Y (left), block of sunk relief inscription with text for dog named [abwtjw] Abutiu (35-10-22 = Cairo JE 67573) in situ (reused as burial chamber lining), looking E
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