Block of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
Limestone block with two complete and two incomplete horizontal registers separated by double horizontal lines; top register includes unidentifiable decoration, second register depicts crocodile, third register depicts horned cow with traces of hieroglyphs above (word for cow), bottom register depicts figure leaning forward; traces of reddish-brown pigment.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1799
- Alternate IDs
- 47.1799; MFAB_47.1799
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
- Title
- Block of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
- Medium
- Limestone, pigment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 51 x 43.5 x 19.5 cm (20 1/16 x 17 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2184, chapel, inner room, [probably W wall, S side of niche]
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Probably portion of wall painting illustrated in Firth watercolor (see A781). Wall paintings almost entirely effaced by water damage in shipboard fire during transport to Boston.