Fragment of relief: offering list of Nefersefkhufu
One of an original thirteen fragments of offering table scene showing seated figures of man and wife with offerings and long inscription (compartment offering list); beautifully cut: lower central part of compartment offering list; now broken in four pieces; [over all]: list divided into compartments containing name of offering and amount needed for the funerary ritual, text carved in sunk relief, while figure of kneeling priest, present at end of each row, carved in raised relief.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_12.1491
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_12.1491; 12.1491
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5 - early Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- about 2450–2170 B.C.
- Title
- Fragment of relief: offering list of Nefersefkhufu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2185, debris, mastaba of origin unknown
- Bibliography
- D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 92-93, cat. 24.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1912: 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.
- Remarks
- Fragments of relief from offering table scene including compartment offering list: MFA 12.1491 + MFA 12.1492 + MFA 12.1493 + MFA 12.1494 + MFA 12.1495 + MFA 12.1496 + MFA 12.1497 + MFA 12.1499 + MFA 12.1500 + MFA 12.1501 + MFA 12.1502 + MFA 12.1503.