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Fragment of limestone [architrave]; [raised relief inscription; belongs with 25-12-309, 25-12-311].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-12-310
Alternate IDs
25-12-310; HUMFA_25-12-310
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Architectural elements-Relief
Entry Date
12/21/1925
Title
Fragment of limestone architrave from tomb of Hemiunu
Medium
Limestone
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Street of mastaba G 4000 between stones on sand
Bibliography
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, pp. 30, 37, note 9. Martin, Karl. Reliefs des Alten Reiches I, Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum, Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 3 (Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1978), pp. 188-190 (Hildesheim Inv. Nr. 4532, one of three fragments). Smith, William Stevenson. "The Origin of Some Unidentified Old Kingdom Reliefs." American Journal of Archaeology 46 (1942), pp. 527, 529-530, fig. 16.
Notes
Donated to Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim by Reisner in 1938

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