Block of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
Limestone block with portions of two horizontal registers; center bottom: torsos of three men facing left, above to right: boat with three standing male figures, to left: another boat with multiple oars; traces of red pigment.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1801
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.1801; 47.1801
- 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: 48 x 82 x 22.5 cm (18 7/8 x 32 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2184, chapel, inner room
- 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
- Wall paintings almost entirely effaced by water damage in shipboard fire during transport to Boston.