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The Minor Cemetery at Giza, Unpublished Manuscript, Chapter V: Chamber of Sneferu-hotep, p.001 (alternate version)

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line the figures were drawn as follows: the vertical line bisected the body at the following points: the neck, shoulders, waist, bottom of skirt. The foot in the rear was two thirds to the left and one third to the right of this line. The third figure has been changed. Originally the righ tarm was down grasping the goose by the root of the wings that [?] drooped. Then it was changed to make the left hand grasp the goose's wings which were drawn straight out while the right grasped it by the neck. The seated figure of Sneferu-hotep on the right was constructed on a vertical axis bisecting the neck. Horizontal lines marked ear (half the head height) the neck at shoulders, and the height of knees (Pl. 54). On the west wall the figures in registeres 3-5 are constructed on a

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

People 2

Ancient People

  • Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 3008. South false door inscribed for Sneferuhetep, also appears in chapel wall painting, east, south, and west walls, identified as [rx nswt sS nswt sHD wabw xa-snfrw wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA n nTr=f Hrj-sStA m kAt sxt] royal acquaintance, royal scribe, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Snefru, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary of his god, secretary of works in the field; in situ in G 3008. Fragment of door jamb (UPM_E13543) inscribed for Sneferuhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in debris of shaft G 3008 C, originally from door to offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.