Slab stela

Museum number:
6-19807
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Slab stela of Kanofer with fine raised relief. He sits on a stool in front of an offering table, wearing a short curled wig and a long garment tied at the shoulder. The right-most section of the inscription is his linen list, the inscription directly over his offering table is his offering list, and the horizontal top-most register contains his name and titles: imy-r wpwt xrptmAt(yw) kA-nfr, "overseer of commissions, controller of bowcase bearers, Kanofer.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1203 (203), Cemetery 1200, Giza Necropolis
Verbatim coll. place:
Gizeh; C 1200 T 203 [Giza, G 1203 originally set into E face of mastaba inside offering chapel, but found partly in chapel and partly in 1235, broken]
Culture or time period:
4th Dynasty of Egypt (2613–2494 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Limestone
Person depicted:
Kanofer
Object type:
archaeology
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 52.9 centimeters, height 38 centimeters, and length 7.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19807, described as Slab stela of Kanofer with fine raised relief. He sits on a stool in front of an offering table, wearing a short curled wig and a long garment tied at the shoulder. The right-most section of the inscription is his linen list, the inscription directly over his offering table is his offering list, and the horizontal top-most register contains his name and titles: imy-r wpwt xrptmAt(yw) kA-nfr, "overseer of commissions, controller of bowcase bearers, Kanofer.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19807, described as Slab stela of Kanofer with fine raised relief. He sits on a stool in front of an offering table, wearing a short curled wig and a long garment tied at the shoulder. The right-most section of the inscription is his linen list, the inscription directly over his offering table is his offering list, and the horizontal top-most register contains his name and titles: imy-r wpwt xrptmAt(yw) kA-nfr, "overseer of commissions, controller of bowcase bearers, Kanofer.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slab stela, accession number 6-19807, described as Slab stela of Kanofer with fine raised relief. He sits on a stool in front of an offering table, wearing a short curled wig and a long garment tied at the shoulder. The right-most section of the inscription is his linen list, the inscription directly over his offering table is his offering list, and the horizontal top-most register contains his name and titles: imy-r wpwt xrptmAt(yw) kA-nfr, "overseer of commissions, controller of bowcase bearers, Kanofer.

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