Digital Giza | Block of limestone inscription

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Block of limestone with inscription in sunk relief; text of will endowing tomb near Second Pyramid. [GLYPHS]

ID

EMC_CG_1432
Department

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Classification

Architectural elements-Relief
Findspot

G 8993 ?
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

96 x W 166 cm
Credit Line

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Cairo Special Register number

EMC_SR_2/14855
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 or Dynasty 5
Object owned by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Notes

Provenance uncertain. Text refers to endowing a tomb near the pyramid of Khafre, hence likely from Central Field; Porter-Moss, p. 264, suggest it is possibly from G 8993, perhaps because of similarity between titles attested in text and those held by Kaemnefret family?
Remarks

ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): SR 2/ 14855; RELATED SITES: G 8993 ?;

Porter-Moss, p. 264; Borchardt, Ludwig: Denkmaler des Alten Reiches (ausser den Statuen) im Museum zu Kairo Nr. 1295-1808, Teil I: Text und Tafeln zu Nr. 1295-1541, Berlin, 1937, pp. 112-11; Sethe, Urk I, pp. 11-15.

Block of limestone inscription