Limestone false door of Iteti
Limestone false door of Iteti; inscription rather crudely cut, two women identified as "his wife", Senbeshet and [...]tji (name only partially preserved), and two daughters, Semdet and Metjeti, depicted on jambs; broken diagonally across middle, several chips broken out along line of fracture.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_06.1888
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_06.1888; 06.1888
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Architectural elements-False Doors
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
- Entry Date
- about 2465–2323 B.C.
- Title
- Limestone false door of Iteti
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 100.5 x 15.5 cm (39 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2004, unidentified pit in N end of corridor between G 2005 and G 2004 (reused as roofing slab)
- Bibliography
- 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. 67 (incorrectly attributed to G 2002).
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1905-1906: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1906: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Object not registered (no registration records for 1903-1904-1905-1906).