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2 of 3 • Fragments of reliefs and inscriptions from cemetery G 7000: top row: [avenue G 0, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 24-12-97, [street G 7000, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 24-11-922, [G I-a boat pit] 24-11-634, [avenue G 4, S of G I-c] 26-2-26, 26-2-25; bottom row: [G I-a boat pit, originally from G 7130-7140: G 7130] 24-11-692 (two fitting fragments), [] __-__-__ (upper item), [street G 7000, G 7130-7140: G 7130] 25-12-668 (lower item), [avenue G 4, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 26-2-24
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Fragments of reliefs and inscriptions from cemetery G 7000: top row: [avenue G 0, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 24-12-97, [street G 7000, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 24-11-922, [G I-a boat pit] 24-11-634, [avenue G 4, S of G I-c] 26-2-26, 26-2-25; bottom row: [G I-a boat pit, originally from G 7130-7140: G 7130] 24-11-692 (two fitting fragments), [] __-__-__ (upper item), [street G 7000, G 7130-7140: G 7130] 25-12-668 (lower item), [avenue G 4, possibly originally from Khufu pyramid temple] 26-2-24
Drawing: fragments of limestone relief: top: [N of G I-b] 24-11-546 (mislabeled 24-12-546), [N of G I-a] 24-12-57 (= MFA 24.2709), 37-3-4c, 37-3-4d; 2nd row: [N of G I-b] 24-11-473 (= MFA 24.2491), [N of G I-a] 37-3-4h, 37-3-4b, [N of G I-b] 24-11-548; 3rd row: [N of G I-a] 37-3-4g, 37-3-4i, 24-12-97; bottom: [Street G 7000, W of G 7110] 24-11-889 (= MFA 24.2658), [N of G I-a] 24-12-14 (= MFA 24.2686), 37-3-4f, [E of G I-a] 24-11-922, [S of G I-c] 26-2-24

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, street G 7000, Khufu pyramid temple, avenue G 4, G I-c, G I-a boat pit, G 7130-7140

Fragment of limestone wall relief. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-12-97
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    [Avenue G 0], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, [originally from Khufu pyramid temple (?)]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 14.8 cm Width: 8.2 cm Thickness: 8.6 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1924

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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, pp. 4-5, fig. 7.