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. (Accession Date: April 28, 2005)

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2175, chapel of Khnumnefer, N wall

Dimensions/Weight: Overall: 193 x 260 x 40cm (76 x 102 3/8 x 15 3/4in.) Other (individual block): 37.7 x 41 x 16.5 cm (14 13/16 x 16 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

Classification: Relief

Description: Block of limestone relief from scene of tomb owner, Khnumnefer, his wife Ankhesenptah(?) and three children, Menkaure-weser, Hepetka, and Nikauneith, with procession of dancing girls and offering bearers; contains, on right, front of row of dancing girls, and, on left, finely-detailed hieroglyphs giving name of tomb owner's son, Menkaure-weser; executed in fine low raised relief; fits between 12.1512.5 and 12.1512.7.

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.), p. 38.