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Fragment of gneiss seated statue of Khufukhaf I

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 2, G 7422, G 7133 (formerly G 7130 X), G I-a boat pit, avenue G 0

Fragment of [life-sized] [gneiss] [seated statue of Khufukhaf I, inscribed base and rise of right foot]. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:4. Additional illustration: Yes. Additional illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-12-962
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7130 X [= G 7133] [(Khafkhufu's tomb is G 7130-7140: G 7140)]
  • Material
    [Gneiss]
  • Dimensions
    Height: 16.5 cm Width: 13.5 cm Thickness: 8.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 24.2974
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/26/1924
  • Owner
    Khufukhaf [I] (G 7130-7140)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7133

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Fourth Dynasty: The Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, pp. 388-391.

    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, fig. 11.

    Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 20, 33, fig. 69.

People 1

Ancient People