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Amulets from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all from near feet of mummy 56: top row: 07-2-53 (udjat); middle row: 07-2-55 (= MFA 11.1099, sow), 07-2-58 (Bes); bottom row: 07-2-57 (= MFA 11.1098, Bes), 07-2-56 (= MFA 11.1100, fragment of Isis and Horus), 07-2-54 (= MFA 11.1101, Sekhmet)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C2889_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
  • Date
    April 1910
  • Problems/Questions
    VERIFIED: identified as 07-2-53 to 58 (no registration records from this date) (see also C406); specific identifications based on publication p. 260; MFA accession numbers verified; according to published caption: amulets from mummy no. 56; Reisner reference verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

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