Fragment of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
Fragment of corner block with one complete and one incomplete horizontal register on each side; one side: top register preserves legs of two figures facing left, bottom register depicts seated figure; other side: top register completely effaced, bottom register depicts male figure leaning forward facing left.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_47.1897
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_47.1897; 47.1897
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
- Title
- Fragment of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.5 x 38.5 x 23.5 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/16 x 9 1/4 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.