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Fragment of limestone relief

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

Fragment of limestone wall relief; high relief, [head of man], ears covered by wig. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-473
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    [Avenue G 1], debris N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, [originally from Khufu pyramid temple (?)]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 10.3 cm Width: 7.4 cm Thickness: 2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2491
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/13/1924
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

Unpublished Documents 1

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.