Block of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
Limestone block with portions of two horizontal registers separated by double register lines; upper register retains traces of two squatting men facing each other, lower register retains traces of head, shoulders, and arm of figure of Inkhi; traces of red pigment.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1802
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.1802; 47.1802
- 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: 46.5 x 79 x 19 cm (18 5/16 x 31 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2184, chapel, inner room, E wall
- 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
- Portion of wall painting illustrated in Firth watercolor (see A782A). Wall paintings almost entirely effaced by water damage in shipboard fire during transport to Boston.