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Upper left corner of white limestone slab stela [of Wenshet] with inscription in [raised] relief.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

ID
HUMFA_14-2-1
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_14-2-1; 14-2-1
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Architectural elements-Stelae
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
02/12/1914
Title
Fragment of limestone slab stela of Wenshet
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Width: 12 cm Length: 46 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4832 A, shaft, [originally from G 4840]
Bibliography
Jánosi, Peter. "Der Tote vor dem Opfertisch. Die Opferplatten von Giza. Besprechung des Buches Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis von Peter Der Manuelian." Sokar 10 (1. Halbjahr 2005), pp. 19, 22. Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania–Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven and Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003, pp. 28-29, pls. 27-28, pp. 104-105, figs. 155-156-157. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 500, fig. 306.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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