Block of limestone relief from tomb of Kawab
[Block] of limestone wall relief; [small male figure, perhaps poling boat, containing heron standing on top of caged ducks).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:10
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-1001
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-12-1001; 24-12-1001
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Entry Date
- 12/26/1924
- Title
- Block of limestone relief from tomb of Kawab
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 55 cm Width: 32 cm Thickness: 67 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7120, chapel, rooms c and d and space between, [originally from chamber b]
- Bibliography
- Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 72. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 64-65, cat. 12. Reisner, George A. "The Servants of the Ka." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 32, No. 189 (February 1934), p. 3, fig. 3. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 3, pl. VId, fig. 11g. Smith, William Stevenson. "The Origin of Some Unidentified Old Kingdom Reliefs." American Journal of Archaeology 46 (1942), fig. 11. Smith, William Stevenson. Country Life in Ancient Egypt. Museum of Fine Arts Picture Book 2. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1954, p. 10, fig. 11.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
