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False door inscribed for Irenakhet Niankhpepy, identified as [swnw smsw pr-aA aw mw m Xnw nTnTt sHD swnw pr-aA swnw jrtj pr-aA swnw Xt pr-aA nr pHwt xrp srqt] chief physician of the Great House, interpreter of the liquids hidden within the netjnetjet, inspector of physicians of the Great House, eye-physician of the Great House, abdominal-physician of the Great House, guardian of the rectum, he who has command over Selket; found reused as roofing in shaft S 2065.

Flache Scheintür mit Rundstabeinfassung und Hohlkehle. Die ganze Stele ist mit Inschriften und Darstellungen in vertieftem Relief bedeckt.

Details

ID
KHM_ÄS_8009
Alternate IDs
KHM_ÄS_8009; ÄS_8009; KHM_8009; 8009
Department
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Classification
Architectural elements-False Doors
Period
Late Old Kingdom
Title
False door of Irenakhet Niankhpepy
Credit Line
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Provenance
Shaft S 2065 (reused as roofing)
Notes
Herk: Gîza, W-Friedhof, Schacht 2065, Grabung Junker 1926 Erwerb: 1926 inventarisiert; "die Stücke N° 8008–8011 stammen sämtliche aus der Grabung der Wiener Akad. d. Wissenschaften hinter der Pyramide des Cheops (westlich) aus der Grabungskampagne 1926." NegNr-1: I 4645 NegNr-2: II 2774, Grabungsphoto
Remarks
From the excavations behind (west of) the Pyramid of Khufu of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1926.

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