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Fine limestone false door of Inti (female) with well-cut hieroglyphs in raised relief.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:5

Details

ID
HUMFA_29-12-106
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_29-12-106; 29-12-106
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Architectural elements-False Doors
Entry Date
12/08/1929
Title
Limestone false door of Inti
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 120.6 cm Width: 60 - 61.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Street G 7700, debris E of mastaba G 7753
Bibliography
Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, pp. 66-76, figs. 1, 3, 4. Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Case of Prefabrication at Giza? The False Door of Inti." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 35 (1998), pp. 115-127. 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, pp. 78-79, cat. 24. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 203.
Remarks
Pencil notes assign false doors to G 1123.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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