Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Red granite [sarcophagus] of Kawab; lid inscribed. Illustration: No
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- ID
- EMC_JE_54937
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
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- Findspot
- G 7110-7120: pit G 7120 A
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- Material
- Granite
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- Dimensions
- sarcophagus Height 91 cm; Width 106 cm; Length 225 cm; lid Thickness 25 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_24-12-1204
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_GB/121
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- Object Ownership Information
- In the collection of: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_54937)
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/19/1924
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- Owner
- Kawab (G 7110-7120)
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- Registered as EMC_JE_54937a (sarcophagus) and EMC_JE_54937b (lid).
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- Remarks
- Fragments 24-12-455 belong to this sarcophagus.
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 6, pl. 10a-b, fig. 8.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 7120, along with Hetepheres [II] (original owner of G 7110). Son of Khufu and Meretites [I]. Appears in chapel relief in tomb of his daughter Meresankh III (owner of G 7530-7540), main room (east wall), identified as [jrj-pat sA nswt smsw n Xt=f Xrj-Hb Hrj-tp xrp jAwt nTrt aA dwAw] hereditary prince, king's eldest son of his body, chief lector-priest, director of divine offices, assistant of (the god) Duau; in situ in G 7530-7540). Also mentioned in tomb of his steward Khemetnu (owner of G 5210).
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- Type Object owned by
ID: HUMFA_B7133_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (N end) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: HUMFA_B7134_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (S end) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937) (rephotograph of A5516)
ID: HUMFA_B6962_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (N end of E side) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: HUMFA_A3501_NS
Subjects: Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7110-7120
Description: Cemetery G 7000: G 7110-7120: G 7120 A, burial chamber, red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (24-12-1204 = Cairo JE 54937) in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_A3502_NS
Subjects: Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7110-7120
Description: Cemetery G 7000: G 7110-7120: G 7120 A, burial chamber, red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (24-12-1204 = Cairo JE 54937) in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_A5514_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (side) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: HUMFA_A5515_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (side) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: HUMFA_A5516_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Broken red granite sarcophagus of Kawab (S end) from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937) (rephotographed as B7134)
ID: PDM_1993.116.01
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_1993.116.02
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_1993.116.03
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00387
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking E: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00388
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking E: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00389
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking NE: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00390
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking S: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00391
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking SW: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00392
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking W: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
ID: PDM_00393
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7110-7120
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo, W side, looking NW: red granite sarcophagus of Kawab from G 7110-7120: G 7120 A: 24-12-1204 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 54937)
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