False door tablet of Hesy
False door tablet of Hesy (identified as [rx nswt xrp wtjw] royal acquaintance, director of embalmers) seated at an offering table across from his wife Nebetib; found in situ in mastaba of Hesy (chapel recess).
Details
- ID
- KHM_ÄS_7448
- Alternate IDs
- ÄS_7448; KHM_ÄS_7448; KHM_7448; 7448
- Department
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Classification
- Architectural elements-False Doors
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
- Title
- False door tablet of Hesy
- Medium
- Limestone
- Credit Line
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Provenance
- Mastaba of Hesy
- Notes
- Herk: Gîza, Westfriedhof, Mastaba des Hesi, Grabung Junker 1912 Erwerb: 1913 inventarisiert; Inv.Nr. 7434–7449 sind Geschenk der Wiener Akad. d. Wissenschaften aus den Ausgrabungen bei Gizeh hinter der großen Pyramde (im Westen) von Junker 1912. Dias: Ektachrom KHM 2004 Comp.Nr. 50737 NegNr-1: I 12767 NegNr-2: I 5319 (Mastaba mit Scheintürplatte in situ) Grabungsphoto NegNr-3: III 26118, Kitlitschka 1993
- Remarks
- Gift of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1913.