Fragments of limestone relief from tomb of Nekhebu
Miscellaneous fragments of [various] limestone [reliefs]: [j) four blocks depicting seated male figure (Nekhebu) (facing right) and two registers of family members and offering bearers (facing left)].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_13-1-558j
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_13-1-558j; 13-1-558j
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Entry Date
- December 1912 - January 1913
- Title
- Fragments of limestone relief from tomb of Nekhebu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [G 2382] [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex] court, [originally from G 2381]
- Remarks
- A quantity of relief fragments originally from G 2381, with unknown object registration numbers have been arbitrarily assigned this number (13-1-558). MFA 13.5934 (overall): seated figure of Nekhebu (facing right) and two registers of family members and offering bearers (facing left); in lower register Nekhebu's son ("his son, the sole companion, royal carpenter, Tjemat"), wife ("his wife, whom he loves, Hatkau"), daughter ("his daughter, whom he loves"), and herdsman holding tethering rope; in upper register feet of four other figures; consists of two blocks (one block 13-1-556d, one block original registration unknown, assigned 13-1-558j); one block assigned 13-1-558j accessioned as MFA 13.5934.2; three additional blocks (original registration number unknown, assigned 13-1-558j) not MFA owned.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified