Digital Giza | Limestone offering basin of Senenu

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1206

Rectangular limestone offering basin of Senenu dedicated by his son Akhethetep; offering formula (htp di nswt) runs counter-clockwise beginning at top right corner, translation: "An offering that the King (and) Anubis, who is before the divine booth, gives: burial in the western cemetery, (after) a very fine old age, with the great god [for] the royal acquaintance and inspector of wa'b-priests, Senenu; the controller of phylae-members, district administrator and prophet of (Khufu), Senenu. It was his eldest son, the inspector of ships, controller of young work-gang recruits, inspector of wa'b-priests, controller of phylae-members, and district administrator, Akhethetep, who made this for him."

ID: HM_6-19752
Alternate IDs: HM_6-19752; 6-19752
Department: Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification: Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
Period: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Entry Date: 1903–1904
Title: Limestone offering basin of Senenu
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: 20 x 36.2 x 57.5 cm
Credit Line: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Provenance: Mastaba G 1206, in front of walled-up offering chapel (reused as serdab)
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