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Relief fragment from queen's pyramid chapel

Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
2625–2500 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Street G 7000, debris E of sub pyr G I-b

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 8.2 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number27.2052.10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsRelief

DescriptionThis fragment in low relief depicts a hand holding a rope. There is reddish brown pigment on the rope. This fragment joins with others.

Overall 27.2052 is a scene of a man facing right leading a long horned cow. There are large scale hieroglyphs above the man giving the name 'Iwa' cattle. There is a register line above the cow with feet of a woman and a man facing right.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Street G 7000, debris E of subsidiary pyramid G I-b. Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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