Red granite sarcophagus of Mindjedef
Red granite sarcophagus and lid, inscribed for Mindjedef, identified as [jrj-pat xtmw-bjtj sAw nxn sA nswt] hereditary prince, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt, guardian of Nekhen, king's son.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- MMA_54.80a-b
- Alternate IDs
- MMA_54.80a-b; 54.80a-b; HUMFA_29-4-442; 29-4-442
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Red granite sarcophagus of Mindjedef
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height: 104.1 cm (41 in) Width: 96.5 cm (38 in) Length: 236.9 cm (93 1/4")
- Credit Line
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1954
- Provenance
- Pit G 7760 B, [burial chamber]
- Notes
- Excavated by the Harvard-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expediton in Giza, 1929. Received from the Egyptian Government by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the allotment of finds (HUMFA_29-4-442); acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by exchange in 1954.
- Problems/Questions
- MMA accession number verified