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Photo ID number: B1326B_NS
Photo Subjects
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2382, G 2381
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2382, G 2381
Description
Senedjemib Complex: limestone obelisk and fragments of relief and inscriptions from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs): left: [originally from G 2381] 12-12-23 (= MFA 13.4353 deaccessioned = Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Memphis 1981.1.5, obelisk of Nekhebu); right, top row: [attributed to G 2381] 13-1-558x (= MFA 13.6010.1, one of two blocks, vertical inscription), [originally from G ____] 13-1-558gg (= MFA 13.6042); right, bottom row: [originally from G 2381] 13-1-549 (= MFA 13.4331.17, marsh [spear fishing] scene, end face of this corner block has part of Nekhebu autobiographical inscription from adjoining wall)
Senedjemib Complex: limestone obelisk and fragments of relief and inscriptions from G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs): left: [originally from G 2381] 12-12-23 (= MFA 13.4353 deaccessioned = Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Memphis 1981.1.5, obelisk of Nekhebu); right, top row: [attributed to G 2381] 13-1-558x (= MFA 13.6010.1, one of two blocks, vertical inscription), [originally from G ____] 13-1-558gg (= MFA 13.6042); right, bottom row: [originally from G 2381] 13-1-549 (= MFA 13.4331.17, marsh [spear fishing] scene, end face of this corner block has part of Nekhebu autobiographical inscription from adjoining wall)
Photographer: Mohammed Shadduf (expedition photographer)
Photo date: 12/06/1912
Remarks: MFA 13.4331 (overall): composed of autiobiographical inscription of Nekhebu (13-1-547) and spear fishing scene from adjoining wall (13-1-549).
MFA 13.6010 (overall): vertical column of hieroglyphs; consists of two joining blocks (original registration number unknown, assigned 13-1-558).
Image published: Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), p. 56, fig. 6 (obelisk only).
Publications (PDFs) in Giza Archives Library:
Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), pp. 53-66.
Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), pp. 53-66.
Problems/Questions:
VERIFIED: 13-1-549 identification verified based on Brovarski composites; MFA accession number 13.4332 corrected to read 13.4331; MFA and Memphis accession numbers verified; BMFA reference verified
MET
05
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Non organic / Rock: LimestoneMET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element / Wall: Block
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: Obelisk
MET 08 : Animal: Fish
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Engraved relief
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Low relief
MET 07 : Fragment