Slab stela

Museum number:
6-19801
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1237 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Slab stela of Nefer, painted low relief, some pigment remains. Nefer sits on a stool with bovine legs in front of an offering table with bread loaves. She wears a long wig, v-necked sheath dress and bracelets. The signs directly above her spell out her name and titles, king's acquaintance (rxt nswt nfr). The right-most section of hieroglyphs contain her linen list. The columns of hieroglyphs above and below her offering table contain a list of her offerings.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1207 (207), Cemetery 1200, Giza Necropolis
Verbatim coll. place:
Gizeh; C 1000 T 207 [Giza, G 1207 set into E face of mastaba, within mud-brick offering chapel]
Culture or time period:
4th Dynasty of Egypt (2613–2494 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Limestone and Paint (coating)
Person depicted:
Nefer
Object type:
archaeology
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 50.8 centimeters, depth 8.3 centimeters, height 38.1 centimeters, and weight 72 pounds
Loans:
S1972-1973 #74: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago (April 4, 1973–December 4, 1978), S1987-1988 #30: Birmingham Museum of Art (April 1988–August 9, 1988), S1989-1990 #17: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (March 13, 1990–May 13, 1990), S1995-1996 #8: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 1995–November 1, 1996), S1996-1997 #7: Cincinnati Art Museum (September 16, 1996–May 30, 1997), S1999-2000 #2: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (August 16, 1999–May 26, 2000), S1999-2000 #8: Royal Ontario Museum (January 15, 2000–May 31, 2000), and S2009-2010 #1: California State University, Bakersfield (September 14, 2009–November 16, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19801, described as Slab stela of Nefer, painted low relief, some pigment remains. Nefer sits on a stool with bovine legs in front of an offering table with bread loaves. She wears a long wig, v-necked sheath dress and bracelets. The signs directly above her spell out her name and titles, king's acquaintance (rxt nswt nfr). The right-most section of hieroglyphs contain her linen list. The columns of hieroglyphs above and below her offering table contain a list of her offerings.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19801, described as Slab stela of Nefer, painted low relief, some pigment remains. Nefer sits on a stool with bovine legs in front of an offering table with bread loaves. She wears a long wig, v-necked sheath dress and bracelets. The signs directly above her spell out her name and titles, king's acquaintance (rxt nswt nfr). The right-most section of hieroglyphs contain her linen list. The columns of hieroglyphs above and below her offering table contain a list of her offerings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19801, described as Slab stela of Nefer, painted low relief, some pigment remains. Nefer sits on a stool with bovine legs in front of an offering table with bread loaves. She wears a long wig, v-necked sheath dress and bracelets. The signs directly above her spell out her name and titles, king's acquaintance (rxt nswt nfr). The right-most section of hieroglyphs contain her linen list. The columns of hieroglyphs above and below her offering table contain a list of her offerings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19801, described as Slab stela of Nefer, painted low relief, some pigment remains. Nefer sits on a stool with bovine legs in front of an offering table with bread loaves. She wears a long wig, v-necked sheath dress and bracelets. The signs directly above her spell out her name and titles, king's acquaintance (rxt nswt nfr). The right-most section of hieroglyphs contain her linen list. The columns of hieroglyphs above and below her offering table contain a list of her offerings.

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