Block of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
[One block of] limestone [relief from] right (north) door jamb; [standing figure of [Hm-kA] ka-priest Nakhtka in middle register of jamb face of block], inscribed.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_32-12-8
- Alternate IDs
- 32-12-8; HUMFA_32-12-8
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
- Entry Date
- 12/28/1932
- Title
- Block of limestone door jamb from tomb of Kanefer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Width: 17 cm Length: 110 cm Thickness: 36 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, fig. 261. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 38.
- Remarks
- Portions of north door jamb still in situ in G 2150.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
