Mastaba chapel walls from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
West and south walls of outer room of chapel of Akhmerutnisut; west wall: consists of two false doors and area of relief between depicting Akhmerutnisut leaning on staff accompanied by his wife Nefretsedjem [name not preserved] and his son Akhmerutnisut (depicted as young boy) and registers depictiing his brothers Nefernetjer, Peshes, and Seneb and other named figures, and area of relief north of north false door depicing Akhmerutnisut throwing lasso accompanied by his son Akhmerutnisut (depicted as young boy), figures full-sized and well modeled in painted sunk relief; south wall: contains entrance to inner room of chapel, with relief of owner and wife and owner's father Kanefer and mother Nuut on respective jambs.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_13.4352
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_13.4352; 13.4352
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Miscellaneous
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 -Dynasty 6
- Title
- Mastaba chapel walls from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2184, chapel
- Bibliography
- Bothmer, Bernard V. "A Wooden Statue of Dynasty VI." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 46, No. 264 (June 1948), pp. 35-36. D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 83-87, cat. 14. Fischer, Henry G. Varia Nova. Egyptian Studies 3. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, p. 197. Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 21.
- 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; 1913: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: December 4, 1913)
