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Fragment of limestone relief

Fragment of limestone wall relief; low relief, [band of stars]. Illustration: Yes [upside down]. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-545
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    [Avenue G 1], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 63 cm Width: base: 19 cm; top: 12 cm Thickness: 22 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/14/1924

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • Avenue G 1

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

  • G I-b

    • Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Cwiek, Andrzej. Relief Decoration in the Royal Funerary Complexes of the Old Kingdom: Studies in the Development, Scene Content and Iconography. Warsaw: Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Warsaw University, 2003, p. 94 (misidentified as 24-12-545).

    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 (misidentified as 24-12-545), fig. 7 (mislabeled 24-12-545).