Fragment of limestone relief
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 0, street G 7200, G 7210-7220, G 7101, G 7215, street G 7000, G I-b, G 7310-7320, street G 7400, Khufu pyramid temple
Fragment of limestone wall relief; two figures and cartouche of Khufu (probably as part of village name); [belongs with 24-12-58].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-57
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-12-57; 24-12-57
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Entry Date
- 12/03/1924
- Title
- Fragment of limestone relief
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 14 cm Width: 15.3 cm Thickness: 4.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 0], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, [originally from Khufu pyramid temple (?)]
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 4-5, fig. 7.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified