Object owner details: MFA accession numbers: 30.834a, 30.834b

Findspot: Eastern Cemetery, Pit G 7757 A, room X

[Greywacke]

Description: Large [greywacke] anthropoid sarcophagus of [Kheperre] (cf. 29-12-20, 29-12-38, 29-12-215). [Mummiform figure, with feet resting on plinth, wears tripartite wig, false beard and broad collar. Two vertical lines of text below collar give Kheperre's name and title. Four Sons of Horus depicted on shoulders: Imseti and Duamutef on right and Hapi and Qebehsenuef on left. Body covered in fifteen vertical columns of inscription]. Illustration: No

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 176-180, cat. 127. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 182. Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, pp. 273-274.

Remarks: MFA 30.834, sarcophagus of Kheperre: MFA 30.834a (box) + MFA 30.834b (lid) = 29-4-443 (sarcophagus) + 29-12-20 (lid fragment) + 29-12-38 (miscellaneous fragments) + 29-12-215 (lid fragment).