Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Ankh-haf
Fragment of limestone wall relief (finely-detailed raised relief); [depicts torso and head of male figure facing left with basket on his head braced by his raised right arm, to right and left of figure partial hieroglyphs, above figure partial register containing foot of another figure facing left; traces of reddish-brown pigment on figure's right arm, basket, and areas of surrounding background surface].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-5-55
- Alternate IDs
- 25-5-55; HUMFA_25-5-55
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Entry Date
- 06/11/1925
- Title
- Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Ankh-haf
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 40 cm Width: 60 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7510, interior chapel
- Bibliography
- Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: A Reassessment." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. I. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 299, 300, 304, note 5.
- Remarks
- MFA 34.1468 (overall): group of six fragments of fine low relief, belonging to very fragmentary scene of procession of personified estates above projecting ledge of stone, on face of which is wide horizontal band of hieroglyphs giving name and titles of Ankh-haf. 25-5-53 (= MFA 34.1468a) + 25-5-54 (= MFA 34.1468b) + 25-5-55 (= MFA 34.1468c) + three unregistered fragments (= MFA 34.1468d + MFA 34.1468e + MFA 34.1468f).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
