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Fragment of limestone wall relief.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

ID
HUMFA_24-12-1097
Alternate IDs
24-12-1097; HUMFA_24-12-1097
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Architectural elements-Relief
Entry Date
12/27/1924
Title
Fragment of limestone relief from tomb of Kawab
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm Width: 7.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7110, chapel, recess debris, [originally from G 7110, wife's chapel]
Bibliography
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, fig. 8b. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 4, 5, 8, fig. 16. Smith, William Stevenson. "Inscriptional Evidence for the History of the Fourth Dynasty." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 11 (1952), pp. 115, 124, fig. 3.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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