Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Ankh-haf
Fragment of limestone relief (finely-detailed raised relief), including two horizontal partial registers; upper register depicts right foot and lower leg of striding offering bearer (facing left), city sign, and two heels of another figure (facing left); bottom register depicts back half (from waist up) of offering bearer (facing left) with basket on his head braced by his raised right arm, followed by another half-figure (facing left), hieroglyphs between figures; (fine intersecting lines on top); joins MFA 34.1468d.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_34.1468e
- Alternate IDs
- 34.1468e; MFAB_34.1468e
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu - reign of Khafre
- Entry Date
- about 2551–2494 B.C.
- Title
- Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Ankh-haf
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 88.5 cm (34 13/16 in.) Other: 46 x 28 x 23 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7510, chapel
- Bibliography
- Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: A Reassessment." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. I. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 299, 300, 304, note 5.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1925: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of fines by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- MFA 34.1468 (overall): group of six fragments of fine low relief, belonging to very fragmentary scene of procession of personified estates above projecting ledge of stone, on face of which is wide horizontal band of hieroglyphs giving name and titles of Ankh-haf. 25-5-53 (= MFA 34.1468a) + 25-5-54 (= MFA 34.1468b) + 25-5-55 (= MFA 34.1468c) + three unregistered fragments (= MFA 34.1468d + MFA 34.1468e + MFA 34.1468f).