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*Original paper documents for Chapter 11 are in archival boxes K04 and K05 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Date
- about 1934–1942
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- Mentioned on page
- Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)
- Akhethetep (G 7650)
- Imhetep (G 5020)
- Khafre
- Khufu
- Meretites (G 7650)
- Seshemnefer [I] (G 4940)
- Snefruseneb (G 4240)
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- Author
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Ancient People
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Owner (with wife Meretites) of G 7650. Identified as [Hm-nTr xwfw smr watj Hm (bAw) nxn xrp aH aD-mr wHaw (Apdw) ] priest of Khufu, sole companion, priest of the bas of Nekhen, director of the palace, administrator of fishers(/fowlers).
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Owner of G 5020. Limestone offering basin (15-1-35) inscribed for Imhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ in G 5020.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khufu. Builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza and probably of the Great Sphinx as well. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Khephren. A number of diorite and greywacke statues and statue fragments depicting the king have been discovered in Khafre's valley temple, including Cairo CG 9-17. The fragmentary head of an alabaster royal statue (MFA 21.351 + MFA 33.1113) is attributed to Khafre.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Second king of Dynasty 4, son of Snefru. Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Cheops. Horus name: [mDdw] Medjedu. Full birth-name: Khnum-Khufu.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Owner (with husband Akhethetep) of G 7650. Identified as [sAt nswt n Xt=f Hm-nTr xwfw Hm-nTr HwtHr Hm-nTr Nt] king's daughter of his body, priestess of Khufu, priestess of Hathor, priestess of Neith. Parents are probably Khufu and Meretites [I].
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Owner of G 4940. North and south false doors inscribed for Seshemnefer; also appears in chapel relief (north, west, east, and south walls), identified as [rx nswt Xrj-tp nswt Hwt Hr-xpr xt HA Hm-nTr Hqt Hm-nTr Hr THnw qA-a sAb aD-mr wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA jmj-r kAt nt nswt jmj-r sSw Xr-a nswt Hrj-wDbw m Hwt-anx jmj-r stj-DfAw smr Hm-nTr jnpw xrp aH] royal acquaintance, royal chamberlain of the funerary temple of Horkheper (Djedefre), khet-priest of Ha, priest of Heqet, priest of Horus of Libya, elevated of arm, judge and administrator, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary, overseer of royal works, overseer of scribes of the royal portfolios, master of reversion-offerings in the Mansion of Life, overseer of the two places of provisions, companion, priest of Anubis, director of the palace; in situ in G 4940.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Owner of G 4240. False door tablet (Cairo JE 43292) depicting Snefruseneb seated at offering table, identified as [sm xrp SnDt aD-mr dp r p nb smr sA nswt n Xt=f] sem-priest, director of the kilt, administrator of Dep, mouth of all Pe, companion, king's son of his body; found in G 4240. Reserve head (13-11-60 = Cairo JE 46215) attributed to Snefruseneb; found in G 4240 A.
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Antiquities inspector. After 1924, Chief Inspector of the Department of Antiquities in Egypt.
ID: HUMFA_B8780_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7650
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from G 7560 B (profile proper left): 36-12-6 (= MFA 47.1716)
ID: HUMFA_B8781_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7560
Description: Fragmentary limestone reserve head from G 7560 B (profile proper right): 36-12-5 (= MFA 37.643 deaccessioned = Metropolitan Museum of Art 48.156)
ID: HUMFA_B8782_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7650
Description: Fragmentary limestone reserve head from G 7560 B (front): 36-12-5 (= MFA 37.643 deaccessioned = Metropolitan Museum of Art 48.156)
ID: HUMFA_B8783_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7650
Description: Fragmentary limestone reserve head from G 7560 B (profile proper left): 36-12-5 (= MFA 37.643 deaccessioned = Metropolitan Museum of Art 48.156)
ID: HUMFA_D65_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (back): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D60_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (front): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D61_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D62_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper right): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D63_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (quarter view proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_D64_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4940
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4940 B (profile proper left): 15-1-8 (= MFA 21.329)
ID: HUMFA_C13946_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7560
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from G 7560 B (front): 36-12-6 (= MFA 47.1716)
ID: HUMFA_C13516_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (quarter view proper right): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C13517_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (front): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C13518_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (quarter view proper left): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C13519_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (profile proper right): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C13520_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (back): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C13521_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5020-Annex, G 4240
Description: Limestone reserve head (after cleaning) from G 5020-Annex (perhaps originally from G 4240 A) (profile proper left): 35-8-26 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 67569)
ID: HUMFA_C6524_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4820, G 4810, G 4813
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street E of G 4820, S part, looking S to G 4810 complex, entrance of G 4813
ID: HUMFA_C11454_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from street G 7500, E of G 7530-7540: G 7530 a (back, profile proper right): 27-4-1219 (= MFA 27.2010)
ID: HUMFA_C11455_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from street G 7500, E of G 7530-7540: G 7530 a (profile proper right): 27-4-1219 (= MFA 27.2010)
ID: HUMFA_C11458_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from street G 7500, E of G 7530-7540: G 7530 a (back): 27-4-1219 (= MFA 27.2010)
ID: HUMFA_C11456_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from street G 7500, E of G 7530-7540: G 7530 a (quarter view proper right): 27-4-1219 (= MFA 27.2010)
ID: HUMFA_C11457_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7530-7540
Description: Battered limestone reserve head from street G 7500, E of G 7530-7540: G 7530 a (front): 27-4-1219 (= MFA 27.2010)
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