Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7650
Red granite sarcophagus with separate cover. No inscription. Facade panelling around all exterior surfaces of box. Upright, running full width at each end of cover, each with two drill holes. Cover undecorated and perhaps unfinished. Rebate on under-side of cover. Probably belonging to prince Akhet-hotep. Condition: Three corners of box chipped. Scattered chips along base. Lower edge of cover chipped. General condition excellent. Very slight remains of paint along upper borders of box. [Brooklyn Museum catalogue description]
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- ID
- BMA_48.110
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- Department
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
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- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 7650, shaft C
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- Material
- granite
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- Dimensions
- Overall: Length 236.9 cm; Width 130.2; Height 104.1 cm
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- Credit Line
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
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- Object Ownership Information
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Notes
- Pruchased from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.
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- Remarks
- Dimensions of record, Brooklyn Museum of Art: "51 1/4 x 93 1/4 x 41 in. (130.2 x 236.9 x 104.1 cm) Cavity: 27 3/16 × 23 13/16 × 3/4 in. (69 × 60.5 cm, 0.019 m)"
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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