Inscribed limestone offering stone
Rectangular offering stone with two basins and one round raised platform in middle; hieroglyphs incised all around top surface, inscription: [anxHaf Dd(=f) jr.n(=j) n sA mrjj Hmwtj grf] "Ankhhaf, (he) says: (I) made (it) for my beloved son, the craftsman Geref; one basin intact, other partially broken off.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_06.1880
- Alternate IDs
- 06.1880; MFAB_06.1880
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafre
- Entry Date
- 2520-2494 B.C.
- Title
- Inscribed limestone offering stone
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Other: 29.5 x 14.5 x 59.5 cm (11 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 23 7/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2011, in front of S false door
- Bibliography
- Fischer, Henry G. Varia Nova. Egyptian Studies 3. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, p. 19, n. 32. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 67.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906). Fragment 36-3-66 probably part of this offering stone.
