Blocks of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
[Three blocks of] limestone [relief from] left (south) door jamb [and adjoining facade]; [depicting upper portion of seated figure of Kanefer being presented document by scribe Wehemka, and on door jamb and facade faces registers of scribes and offering bearers, three identified as overseer of ka-priests Ptahwer, ka-priests Redienptah and Seneb, and section of adjoining facade depicting Kanefer's son Kasewedja], inscribed; in several pieces.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_32-12-7
- Alternate IDs
- 32-12-7; HUMFA_32-12-7
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
- Entry Date
- 12/28/1932
- Title
- Blocks of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Width: a) 22 cm; b) 23 cm; c) 67 cm Length: a) 117 cm; b) 110 cm; c) 87 cm Thickness: a) 45 cm; b) 30; c) 50 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Debris between G 2150 and G 2170 (in 1905/1906 buried on top of G 2150), originally from G 2150
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, figs. 262, 264.
- Remarks
- Portions of south door jamb and facade still in situ in G 2150.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified