Digital Giza | Limestone blocks with autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2381

Twelve fragments of limestone with autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu; eight vertical columns and one horizontal line above seated figure in sunk relief [GLYPHS].
Illustration: No

ID: HUMFA_13-1-547
Alternate IDs: HUMFA_13-1-547; 13-1-547
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification: Architectural elements-Relief
Period: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Entry Date: December 1912
Title: Limestone blocks with autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu
Medium: Limestone
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, [originally from G 2381]
Bibliography: Brovarski, Edward. "A Second Style in Egyptian Relief of the Old Kingdom." In Stephen E. Thomson and Peter Der Manuelian, eds. Egypt and Beyond. Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, Providence: Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, 2008, pp. 57-59, notes 51 and 53, pls. IIb, III. Brovarski, Edward. "The Senedjemib Complex at Giza: An Interim Report." L'Égyptologie en 1979. Axes prioritaires de recherches, tome II. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No. 595. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982, p. 116. Dunham, Dows. "The Biographical Inscriptions of Nekhebu in Boston and Cairo." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 24 (1938), pp. 1-8, pl. I.1, II. Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933, pp. 219-221 [48 (139)]. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63.
Remarks: More than twelve blocks (or fragments of blocks) have been identified as belonging to this inscription. MFA 13.4331 (overall): consists of autiobiographical inscription of Nekhebu (13-1-547) and spear fishing scene from adjoining wall (13-1-549). Autobiographical inscription (13-1-547) composed of blocks and fragments of blocks accessioned as MFA 13.4331.1, MFA 13.4331.2, MFA 13.4331.3, MFA 13.4331.4, MFA 13.4331.5, MFA 13.4331.6, MFA 13.4331.7, MFA 13.4331.8, MFA 13.4331.9, MFA 13.4331.10, MFA 13.4331.11, MFA 13.4331.12, MFA 13.4331.13, MFA 13.4331.14, MFA 13.4331.15, MFA 13.4331.16, MFA 13.4331.17, MFA 13.4331.18. End faces of some corner blocks of this inscription (13-1-547) have parts of spear fishing scene (13-1-549) from adjoining wall; these include: MFA 13.4331.8, MFA 13.4331.13, MFA 13.4331.15, MFA 13.4331.17.
Problems/Questions: MFA accession numbers verified