Result 8 of 23
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1912: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1912: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Fragment of limestone offering stone of KaninisutFindspot: Western Cemetery, Street E of G 2160, originally from G 2156
Limestone
Dimensions/Weight: Length x width x depth: 52 x 39 x 5 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Classification: Religious and cult objects
Description: Fragment of limestone offering stone of Ni-ka-nisut (Kaninisut) carved in relief in shape of hetep hieroglyph; line of text in sunk relief gives name and titles of owner.
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, p. 91, cat. 22. Hölzl, Regina. Die Kultkammer des Ka-ni-nisut im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 2005, p. 32, fig. 15. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 447-448, fig. 269.
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, p. 91, cat. 22. Hölzl, Regina. Die Kultkammer des Ka-ni-nisut im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 2005, p. 32, fig. 15. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 447-448, fig. 269.
Remarks: G 2156 (Kaninisut [II]), chapel tomb built abutting E face of G 2155 (Kaninisut [I]). G 2156, Kaniniut [II], abutting E face of G 2155 (excavated by H. Junker) not same tomb as anonymous G 2156, abutting S face of G 2220 (excavated by G.A. Reisner); Reisner's G 2156 renumbered G 2156'
