Limestone drum lintel of Nefer
Limestone chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Nefer.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_21.3080
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_21.3080; 21.3080
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
- Period
- Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5
- Title
- Limestone drum lintel of Nefer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 20.3 x 83.8 x 20.3 cm (8 x 33 x 8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1461, debris
- Bibliography
- Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 78, cat. 23. Strudwick, Nigel. "Three Monuments of Old Kingdom Treasury Officials." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 71 (1985), pp. 43-44, 48-49, pl. III.1.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1906: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1921: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
