Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Service tomb 6
Rock-cut tombs in E edge of pyramid plateau: Service des Antiquites excavations (near village at foot of cliff): tomb 6, rock-cut tomb of Merkhufu, chapel, W wall (because of tomb orientation actually NW wall), S false door inscribed for Merkhufu, tablet and crossbar (= lower lintel), looking NW
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_A6958_NS
- Alternate IDs
- A6958; HUMFAA6958NS; A6958_NS; HUMFA_A6958_NS
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Date
- 05/30/1932
- Subjects
- Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Service tomb 6
- Media View
- Eastern Cemetery
- Remarks
- Service tomb 6 (Reisner numbering system) = Service tomb 6 (Fahkry numbering system)
- Problems/Questions
- name arbitrarily standardized to Merkhufu from alternate Khufu-mer; description expanded and corrected based on comparison with previous photos