Limestone obelisk of Nekhebu
Limestone obelisk of [GLYPHS] Nekhebu, inscription on broad side.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_12-12-23
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_12-12-23; 12-12-23
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- 12/06/1912
- Title
- Limestone obelisk of Nekhebu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 102.5 cm Width: 23.5 cm Length: 27 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], hole 1, N, [originally from G 2381]
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), p. 56, fig. 6.
- Notes
- MFA 13.4353 deaccessioned to Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA and Memphis accession numbers verified
