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Fragments of limestone relief from queen's pyramid chapel

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, street G 7200, G 7210-7220, G 7101, G 7215, street G 7000, G I-b, G 7310-7320, street G 7400, Khufu pyramid temple

Four [fitting] fragments of limestone wall relief (cf. 24-11-242) (Dynasty 4); [a.1 joins 24-11-286d + 24-11-286j]. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-286a
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    [Street G 7000], N of G 7131, [originally from chapel of G I-b]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width: 21 cm Length: 42 cm Thickness: 15 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 27.2052.1, 27.2052.2, 27.2052.15, 27.2052.16
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/08/1924
  • Remarks
    These fitting fragments part of relief from queen's pyramid (subsidiary pyramid) G I-b chapel. MFA 27.2052 (.1–.16): Overall forming parts of three registers of relief; lower register contains man leading long horned cow, upper registers contain standing figures (one identified as woman): .1 = 24-11-286a3, .2 = 24-11-286a4, .3 = 24-11-242n11 + 24-11-242n12, .4 = 24-11-242n10, .5 = 24-11-242i, .6 = 24-11-242b1, .7 = 24-11-242b5, .8 = 24-11-242b4, .9 = 24-11-242b2, .10 = 24-11-242b6, .11 = 24-11-242b3, .12 = 24-11-242n8, .13 = 24-11-286d1 + 24-11-286d2 + 24-11-286d3, .14 = 24-11-286j, .15 = 24-11-286a1, .16 = 24-11-286a2. Fragments accessioned as: 24-11-286a1 = MFA 27.2052.15, 24-11-286a2 = MFA 27.2052.16, 24-11-286a3 = MFA 27.2052.1, 24-11-286a4 = MFA 27.2052.2. Additional fragments (not listed or illustrated in original object register entry) now identified as 24-11-286(aa, o-y).
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 4, fig. 3.

    Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 32.