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Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Ankh-haf

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7510

Fragment of limestone relief (finely-detailed raised relief), including two horizontal partial registers; upper register depicts right foot and lower leg of striding offering bearer (facing left), city sign, and two heels of another figure (facing left); bottom register depicts back half (from waist up) of offering bearer (facing left) with basket on his head braced by his raised right arm, followed by another half-figure (facing left), hieroglyphs between figures; (fine intersecting lines on top); joins MFA 34.1468d.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_34.1468e
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 7510, chapel
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 88.5 cm (34 13/16 in.) Other: 46 x 28 x 23 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu - reign of Khafre
  • Date of Register Entry
    about 2551–2494 B.C.
  • Owner
    Ankh-haf (G 7510)
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1925: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of fines by the government of Egypt.
  • Remarks
    MFA 34.1468 (overall): group of six fragments of fine low relief, belonging to very fragmentary scene of procession of personified estates above projecting ledge of stone, on face of which is wide horizontal band of hieroglyphs giving name and titles of Ankh-haf. 25-5-53 (= MFA 34.1468a) + 25-5-54 (= MFA 34.1468b) + 25-5-55 (= MFA 34.1468c) + three unregistered fragments (= MFA 34.1468d + MFA 34.1468e + MFA 34.1468f).

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7510

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: A Reassessment." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. I. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 299, 300, 304, note 5.

People 1

Ancient People