Limestone blocks with autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu
[Twelve] fragments of limestone with autobiography of Nekhebu; ten vertical lines above seated figure facing right in sunk relief.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_44608
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_44608; JE_44608; HUMFA_13-1-548; 13-1-548; EMC_SR_2/14978; SR_2/14978
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- December 1912
- Title
- Limestone blocks with autobiographical inscription of Nekhebu
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex] court, [originally from G 2381]
- Bibliography
- Dunham, Dows. "The Biographical Inscriptions of Nekhebu in Boston and Cairo." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 24 (1938), pp. 1-8.
- Notes
- More than eleven blocks (or fragments of blocks) have been identified as belonging to this inscription. Most are in the collection of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_44608); one is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_13.5969). "One small piece sent from Boston [to Cairo] in 1937, and inserted."
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
