Object owner details: MFA 13.4348.2–13.4348.5, 13.4349.1, 13.4349.2, 13.4349.7–13.4349.10, 13.4349.12

Findspot: Western Cemetery, [G 2382] [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex] court, [originally from G 2381]

Limestone

Description: Seven fragments (of four blocks) of limestone from two sides of doorway, each with figure of Nekhebu in sunk relief. Illustration: No

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Brovarski, Edward. "A Second Style in Egyptian Relief of the Old Kingdom." In Stephen E. Thomson and Peter Der Manuelian, eds. Egypt and Beyond. Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, Providence: Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, 2008, pp. 51-55, notes 23, 24, 30, figs. 1a-b, 2a-b, pl. Ia-b. Dunham, Dows. "The Biographical Inscriptions of Nekhebu in Boston and Cairo." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 24 (1938), p. 7. Fischer, Henry G. Egyptian Women of the Old Kingdom and of the Heracleopolitan Period. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000, pp. 15, 17, 62, fig. 15.

Remarks: More than seven fragments have been identified as belonging to these two door jambs. MFA 13.4348 (overall): consists of left door jamb (standing figure of Nekhebu facing left, 13-1-551) and adjoining wall (section of facade, ceremonial dancers and offering bearers, original registration number unknown, assigned number 13-1-558h); left door jamb (13-1-551) composed of four blocks and fragments accessioned as MFA 13.4348.2, MFA 13.4348.3, MFA 13.4348.4, MFA 13.4348.5; end faces of some corner blocks of this door jamb (13-1-551) have parts of registers of ceremonial dancers and offering bearers (13-1-558h) from adjoining wall; these include: MFA 13.4348.2, MFA 13.4348.3, MFA 13.4348.4. MFA 13.4349 (overall): consists of right door jamb (standing figure of Nekhebu facing right, 13-1-551) and adjoining wall (section of facade, Nile boats, 13-1-554); right door jamb (13-1-551) composed of seven blocks and fragments accessioned as MFA 13.4349.1, MFA 13.4349.2, MFA 13.4349.7, MFA 13.4349.8, MFA 13.4349.9, MFA 13.4349.10, MFA 13.4349.12; end faces of some corner blocks of this door jamb (13-1-551) have parts of registers of Nile boats (13-1-554) from adjoining wall; these include: MFA 13.4349.1, MFA 13.4349.2, MFA 13.4349.7, MFA 13.4349.12.