Fragment of limestone wall relief; two figures and cartouche of Khufu (probably as part of village name); [belongs with 24-12-58]. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:4
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- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-57
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
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- Findspot
- [Avenue G 0], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, [originally from Khufu pyramid temple (?)]
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: 14 cm Width: 15.3 cm Thickness: 4.5 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 24.2709
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/03/1924
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- Owner
- Khufu
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex
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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, pp. 4-5, fig. 7.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Second king of Dynasty 4, son of Snefru. Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Cheops. Horus name: [mDdw] Medjedu. Full birth-name: Khnum-Khufu.