Fragments of limestone relief from tomb of Khufukhaf I
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, street G 7000, Khufu pyramid temple, avenue G 4, G I-c, G I-a boat pit, G 7130-7140
Two [fitting] fragments of limestone relief; arm of official (?) seated on chair, holding rod or stick ([wabt]).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-692
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-692; 24-11-692
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Entry Date
- 11/20/1924
- Title
- Fragments of limestone relief from tomb of Khufukhaf I
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: top fragment: 21 cm; lower fragment: 18 cm Width: top fragment: 43 cm; lower fragment: 43 cm Thickness: top fragment: 13.5 cm; lower fragment: 17 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], debris from [boat pit] [N] of subsidiary pyramid G I-b (G I-a boat pit), [originally from G 7130-7140: G 7130, wife's chapel]
- Bibliography
- Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 18, pl. XXIX, fig. 23.
- Remarks
- Provenance originally recorded in OR incorrect; boat pit N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, thus S of subsidiary pyramid G I-a (G I-a boat pit), was excavated end of November 1924
