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Block of limestone relief from tomb of Neferkhuwi

Block of nummulitic limestone with relief on plaster; standing figure; almost all of inscription flaked off. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_39-1-14
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    [G 2098]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    January 1939
  • Owner
    Neferkhuwi (G 2098)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2098

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Roth, Ann Macy. A Cemetery of Palace Attendants. Giza Mastabas 6. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, pp. 142-143, pl. 198.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Neferkhuwi (G 2098)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2098. North false door inscribed for Neferkhuwi; also appears in chapel relief, including displaced door jamb (39-1-14); identified as [jmj-r xntjw-S pr-aA Hrj-sStA n nswt m Xnw StAw pr-aA Hrj-sStA n nb=f wab nswt xrp aH (jmj-r) Swj (pr-aA)] overseer of palace attendants of the Great House, secretary of the king in the secret interior of the Great House, secretary of his lord, royal wab-priest, director of the palace, (overseer of) the two canals(?) of (the Great House); relief in situ in G 2098.