Digital Giza | Limestone offering basin of Inetkaes

Rectangular white limestone offering basin [inscribed for the "royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore", Inetkaes]; incised inscription. Illustration: Yes

ID

HUMFA_40-3-6
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
Findspot

Mastaba G 2471, set in floor against E wall
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: 8.7 cm Width: 13 cm Length: 21 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Date of Register Entry

03/21/1940
Owner

Inetkaes (in G 2471)

G 2471
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Fischer, Henry G. "An Invocatory Offering Basin of the Old Kingdom." Festschrift für Werner Kaiser. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 47 (1991), pp. 127-133.
- Date: 1991

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Cemetery 2400, Page Cem2400_125bg
- ID: HUMFA_40-3-6

Fischer, Henry G. "An Invocatory Offering Basin of the Old Kingdom." Festschrift für Werner Kaiser. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 47 (1991), p. 128.

Ancient People

Inetkaes (in G 2471)
- Type Owner
- Remarks Circular limestone offering stone (40-3-5) and rectangular limestone offering basin (40-3-6) inscribed for Inetkaes, identified on both as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] royal acqaintance, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; found in situ in G 2471.