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Limestone offering niche lintel inscribed for Nebu (name means "the swimmer"); sunk relief with small finely incised hieroglyphs comprising [Htp dj nswt] hetep-di-nisut formula to Anubis, six family members also named: Inti (female), Redines (male), Ihi, (male), Ikhi (male), Senti (female), and Pepi (female); fragile and crumbling.

Details

ID
MFAB_APP.1921.1
Alternate IDs
APP.1921.1; MFAB_APP.1921.1
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Architectural elements-Relief
Period
Old Kingdom
Title
Limestone offering niche lintel of Nebu
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 19 x 7.5 cm (15 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Wadi Cemetery, GW 38, displaced at E face
Bibliography
Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 105, 108, 120, 124-126, 133, 138, note 11, figs. 3, 17-21, pl. III, table 1.
Notes
This object was excavated by G.A. Reisner for the Hearst Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 5

Ancient People 7

Published Documents 1