Inscribed fragment of alabaster
Inscribed fragment of alabaster; sunk relief inscription with parts of names of two sem priests, Rawer and Min-nakht.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.716c
- Alternate IDs
- 11.716c; MFAB_11.716c
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Inscribed fragment of alabaster
- Medium
- Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: H 0.073
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 37 (1910, February 1-7), p. 281 (no. 5), pl. A (line drawing 7).
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)