Result 7 of 295
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, inner room, [probably W wall, S side of niche]
Limestone, pigment
Dimensions/Weight: Overall: 51 x 43.5 x 19.5 cm (20 1/16 x 17 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Classification: Relief
Description: Limestone block with two complete and two incomplete horizontal registers separated by double horizontal lines; top register includes unidentifiable decoration, second register depicts crocodile, third register depicts horned cow with traces of hieroglyphs above (word for cow), bottom register depicts figure leaning forward; traces of reddish-brown pigment.
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Remarks: Probably portion of wall painting illustrated in Firth watercolor (see A781). Wall paintings almost entirely effaced by water damage in shipboard fire during transport to Boston.