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Fragment of limestone, painted (at least three registers); striding figures showing various headdresses, colored red, yellow, or black with titles in black in front of each figure (there does not seem to be any relation between colors and titles), some figures simply have name without title [GLYPHS].
Illustration: No

Details

ID
MFAB_13.4339.1
Alternate IDs
13.4339.1; MFAB_13.4339.1; HUMFA_13-1-546; 13-1-546
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Architectural elements-Wall painting
Entry Date
December 1912
Title
Fragment of wall painting from tomb of Nekhebu
Medium
Limestone
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63.
Notes
Fifteen fragments of wall painting originally registered as HUMFA_13-1-546; of these, four are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_13.4339.1–MFAB_13.4339.4); one large block is in the collection of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_44621).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

Photos 5

Ancient People 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2