Digital Giza | Limestone reserve head

White limestone reserve head; vertical incised line down back of skull, ears, tip of nose, part of left side of neck broken off and missing. Illustration: Yes

ID

GEM_13052
Department

Grand Egyptian Museum
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Pit G 5020-Annex A, NW corner of pit, [(possibly originally from G 4240 A)]
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 22 cm Width: 13.3 cm Thickness: 18.3 cm
Credit Line

Grand Egyptian Museum
Journal d'Entree number

EMC_JE_67569
Cairo Special Register number

EMC_SR_2/15014
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number

HUMFA_35-8-26
Object Ownership Information

In the collection of: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_13052)
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
Date of Register Entry

08/08/1935

G 5020-Annex
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 013
- ID: GEM_13052
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 013 (alternate version)
- ID: GEM_13052
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 234
- ID: GEM_13052
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 234 (alternate version)
- ID: GEM_13052

Limestone reserve head

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