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Fragment of limestone relief from queen's pyramid chapel

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120, street G 7000, street G 7300, G 7310-7320, G I-b, street G 7400, avenue G 1, Khufu pyramid temple

One fragment of limestone wall relief (cf. 24-11-242) (Dynasty 4); [GLYPH] sign (?). Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-286k
  • 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
    Height: 11.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm Thickness: 2.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/08/1924
  • Remarks
    Additional fragments (not listed or illustrated in original object register entry) now identified as 24-11-286(aa, o-y).

Tombs and Monuments 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 4

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. 4.

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