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Media File
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Block of wall painting from tomb of Akhmerutnisut
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 2184, chapel, probably inner room
Limestone
Dimensions/Weight: Overall: 24.7 x 51.5 x 31.5 cm (9 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Classification: Relief
Description: Rectangular block (finished on five sides) with horizontal register on one surface; preserves legs of male figure on left (facing right) and other indecipherable figures; traces of red and reddish-brown pigment.
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Remarks: Wall paintings almost entirely effaced by water damage in shipboard fire during transport to Boston.