Block of limestone inscription
Block of limestone with inscription in sunk relief; text of will endowing tomb near Second Pyramid. [GLYPHS]
Details
- ID
- EMC_CG_1432
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_CG_1432; CG_1432; EMC_SR_2/14855; SR_2/14855
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 or Dynasty 5
- Title
- Block of limestone inscription
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 96 x W 166 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- G 8993 ?
- Bibliography
- Porter-Moss, p. 264; Borchardt, Ludwig: Denkmaler des Alten Reiches (ausser den Statuen) im Museum zu Kairo Nr. 1295-1808, Teil I: Text und Tafeln zu Nr. 1295-1541, Berlin, 1937, pp. 112-11; Sethe, Urk I, pp. 11-15.
- Notes
- Provenance uncertain. Text refers to endowing a tomb near the pyramid of Khafre, hence likely from Central Field; Porter-Moss, p. 264, suggest it is possibly from G 8993, perhaps because of similarity between titles attested in text and those held by Kaemnefret family?
- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): SR 2/ 14855; RELATED SITES: G 8993 ?;