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Fragment of limestone slab stela [of Seshatsekhentiu]; very fine relief.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:5

Details

ID
HUMFA_33-2-187
Alternate IDs
33-2-187; HUMFA_33-2-187
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Architectural elements-Stelae
Entry Date
02/20/1933
Title
Fragment of limestone slab stela of Seshatsekhentiu
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm Width: 22 cm Thickness: 11 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Debris N of mastaba G 2102, [originally from G 2120]
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, 23, note 2. 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. 76-82, fg. 98, p. 76, fig. 99, p. 77, fig. 102, p. 78. Smith, William Stevenson. "The Coffin of Prince Min-Khaf." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 19 (1933), p. 154.
Remarks
MFA 06.1894 = group of unregistered fragments + 33-2-187 + 38-3-2 + 38-3-3 (only group of unregistered fragments appear in reassembled slab stela shown in Artemis digital image)
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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