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Object register entry:
Field number: 13-1-546
Field number: 13-1-546
Entry date(s): December 1912
Object owner details: MFA 13.4339.1–13.4339.4; Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 44621)
Fragments of wall painting from tomb of Nekhebu
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: Fifteen fragments of limestone, painted (at least three registers); Nekhebu striding to right, figures show various headdresses, colored red, yellow, or black with titles in black in front of each figure (there does not seem to be any relation between colors and titles), some figures simply have name without title [GLYPHS]; also a number of very small fragments.
Illustration: No
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Selected Published References:
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), pp. 55, 63.
Remarks: Four blocks of wall painting accessioned as MFA 13.4339.1–MFA 13.4339.4. One large block of wall painting in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 44621.
Problems/Questions:
MFA accession numbers verified