Limestone slab stela of Nefer
Limestone slab stela of Nefer; low raised relief, female figure seated (facing right) on stool with bovine legs at offering table with bread loaves, wearing long wig, V-necked sheath dress, and bracelets, inscription: (above) [rxt nswt nfr] "the royal acquaintance, Nefer", (in middle, above and below offering table) offering list, (on right) linen list; some pigment remains.
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- ID
- HM_6-19801
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- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Stelae
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- Findspot
- Mastaba G 1207, in situ on E face of mastaba, within mud-brick offering chapel.
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- Material
- Limestone, paint
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- Dimensions
- 38.1 x 50.8 x 8.3 cm (15 x 20 x 3 1/4 in)
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- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
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- Date of Register Entry
- 1903–1904
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- Owner
- Nefer (G 1207)
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- Object owned by
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
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Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania–Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven and Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003, pp. 8-9, pls. 7-8, p. 51, fig. 44, p.53, figs. 50-51.
Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 58.
Spanel, Donald. Through Ancient Eyes: Egyptian Portraiture: An Exhibition Organized for the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, April 21-July 31, 1988. Birmingham: The Museum, 1988, pp. 48-49, cat. 5.
Thomas, Nancy, ed. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, pp.124-125, cat. 38.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 1207. Limestone slab stela (Hearst 6-19801) inscribed for Nefer, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ on east face of G 1207.
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
- Type Object owned by