Result 11 of 1317
Photo ID number: A4676_NS
Photo Subjects
Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7530-7540
Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7530-7540
Description
Cemetery G 7000: G 7530-7540: G 7530, Meresankh III (= Mersyankh), chapel, room a (= main room), N end, looking N to rock-cut statues in room c (= N room)
Cemetery G 7000: G 7530-7540: G 7530, Meresankh III (= Mersyankh), chapel, room a (= main room), N end, looking N to rock-cut statues in room c (= N room)
Photographer: Mustapha Abu el-Hamd (expedition photographer)
Photo date: 05/08/1927
Image published: Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, jacket/cover, pl. 6a.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Race against Time in the Shadow of the Pyramids. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Giza Necropolis, 1902-1990." KMT 1, No. 4 (1990-91), p. 13.
Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 43, fig. 30.
Reisner, George A. "The Tomb of Meresankh, a Great-Granddaughter of Queen Hetep-Heres and Sneferuw." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25, No. 151 (October 1927), cover.
William Stevenson Smith, Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), fig. 101.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Race against Time in the Shadow of the Pyramids. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Giza Necropolis, 1902-1990." KMT 1, No. 4 (1990-91), p. 13.
Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 43, fig. 30.
Reisner, George A. "The Tomb of Meresankh, a Great-Granddaughter of Queen Hetep-Heres and Sneferuw." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25, No. 151 (October 1927), cover.
William Stevenson Smith, Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), fig. 101.
Publications (PDFs) in Giza Archives Library:
Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Race against Time in the Shadow of the Pyramids. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Giza Necropolis, 1902-1990." KMT 1, No. 4 (1990-91), pp. 10-21.
Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974.
Reisner, George A. "The Tomb of Meresankh, a Great-Granddaughter of Queen Hetep-Heres and Sneferuw." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25, No. 151 (October 1927), pp. 63-79.
Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Race against Time in the Shadow of the Pyramids. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Giza Necropolis, 1902-1990." KMT 1, No. 4 (1990-91), pp. 10-21.
Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974.
Reisner, George A. "The Tomb of Meresankh, a Great-Granddaughter of Queen Hetep-Heres and Sneferuw." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25, No. 151 (October 1927), pp. 63-79.
Problems/Questions:
Dunham Simpson reference verified; BMFA reference verified; Markowitz reference verified; Smith reference verified
MET
05
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Non organic / Rock: LimestoneMET 02 : Architecture / Architectural unit / Tomb/mastaba/pyramide, etc.: Chapel
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: Column/pillar
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: Niche
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: Rock-cut statue
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element / Wall: Surface plaster
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of arms/hands: Finger at the mouth
MET 08 : Human / Woman: Queen
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of body: Standing
MET 08 : Human / Woman: Unspecified woman
MET 08 : Human / Man: Young boy
MET 06 : Stone-technique: Carved
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Engraved relief
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Low relief
