Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Nakhti
[Fragment of] limestone wall relief of Nakhti; [depicts head and shoulders and portion of upper torso of Nakhti, facing right, seated before offering table with bread loaves; figure wears shoulder-length curled wig, panther skin garment, and broad collar; left arm with bracelet bent with handkerchief in hand; left hand of wife rests on his left shoulder above claws of garment; above figure: three vertical columns of hieroglyphs give his name and titles; above loaves on table: three kneeling figures, each holding offering vessel (determinatives of specific offerings); above each figure: number four in hieroglyphs; fine low relief, traces of reddish-brown pigment on skin and black pigment on hair].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-135
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-12-135; 24-12-135
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Entry Date
- 12/06/1924
- Title
- Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Nakhti
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 29 cm Width: 32 cm Thickness: 12 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Avenue G 0, debris N of subsidiary pyramid G I-a, [originally from G 7101]
- Bibliography
- Brovarski, Edward. "A Second Style in Egyptian Relief of the Old Kingdom." In Stephen E. Thomson and Peter Der Manuelian, eds. Egypt and Beyond. Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, pp. 49–89. Providence: Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, 2008, p. 89 E3. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Qar and Idu, G 7101 and 7102. Giza Mastabas 2. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1976, p. 12, pl. 34c, fig. 9a.
- Remarks
- Nakhti, brother of Qar (owner of G 7101). Probably buried in shaft G 7101 B. Simpson (GM 2, p. 13) suggests a proposed destroyed chapel of Nakhti, possibly located W of upper stairs of Qar complex and N of G 7101 B.
