Fragment of inscribed limestone false door
Fragment of limestone false door, upper right corner and part of drum lintel; cartouche of Khufu referring to his pyramid and related title: "Khufu, akhet [pyramid], Overseer…" inscribed on lintel.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_12.1490
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_12.1490; 12.1490
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Stelae
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Title
- Fragment of inscribed limestone false door
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Legacy dimension: .400 L.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Debris E of mastaba G 2200 (= G 5080), S end
- 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; 1912: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.