Limestone blocks from relief of Nile boats from tomb of Nekhebu
Eight fragments (of two limestone blocks) of relief; [raised relief with registers of] river boats (Type I).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_13-1-554
- Alternate IDs
- 13-1-554; HUMFA_13-1-554
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- December 1912 - January 1913
- Title
- Limestone blocks from relief of Nile boats from tomb 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 facade of 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. 51-55, notes 23, 24, 30, figs. 1a-b, 2a-b, pl. Ia-b. Dunham, Dows. "The Biographical Inscriptions of Nekhebu in Boston and Cairo." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 24 (1938), pp. 1-8. 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 eight fragments have been identified as belonging to this scene of Nile boats. MFA 13.4349 (overall): consists of right door jamb (standing figure of Nekhebu facing right, 13-1-551) and adjoining wall (section of facade, Nile boats, 13-1-554); section of facade with registers of Nile boats (13-1-554) composed of thirteen blocks and fragments accessioned as MFA 13.4349.1, MFA 13.4349.2, MFA 13.4349.3, MFA 13.4349.4, MFA 13.4349.5, MFA 13.4349.6, MFA 13.4349.7, MFA 13.4349.11, MFA 13.4349.12, MFA 13.4349.13, MFA 13.4349.14, MFA 13.4349.15, MFA 13.4349.16; on one boat in middle register of preserved section of facade (MFA 13.4349.2) seated figure of Nekhebu faced by his wife Hatkau playing harp; end faces of some corner blocks of this section of facade (13-1-554) have parts of right door jamb (13-1-551); these include: MFA 13.4349.1, MFA 13.4349.2, MFA 13.4349.7, MFA 13.4349.12. On one boat in middle register (MFA 13.4349.2) seated figure of Nekhebu faced by his wife Hatkau playing harp.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
