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Limestone false door of Keki; couple seated (facing right) at offering table on top lintel, inner jambs depict several relatives or offering bearers; parts of inscription damaged. Across lintel: Htp dj [nswt (?) prt-xrw t Hnqt . . .] xA Ss xA mnxt xA kAw xA [. . .] xA Apdw [n] smsw pr kkj “An offering [which the king and (?)] gives, invocation offerings: bread, beer. . .a thousand alabaster vessels, a thousand garments, a thousand bulls, a thousand (?), a thousand fowl [for] the elder of the house, Keki”; Behind seated woman: [Hmt.f mrt.f] n[j]anxHwtHr “[His wife, his beloved] Niankhhathor”; Outer right jamb: jr s nb jrt[j].f[j] xt Dw r nw wnn wDa mdw Hna.f jn nTr aA “As for any man who will do an evil thing to this [i.e. the tomb], I will be judged with him by the Great God”; Outer left jamb: smsw pr kkj Dd.f jr.n nw m jSt mAat “The elder of the house, Keki, he says: I made this [i.e. the tomb] as a true possession”; Drum: msw=f n Xt=f “His children of his body”; Inner left jamb: ptH[...] n[j]mAatptH xAjmsn “Ptah[. . .], Nimaatptah, Khaimsen”; Inner right jamb: mrtjts mrsanx spxn kA[…] ppj “Meretites, Meresankh, Sepkhen, Ka[. . .], Pepi”.

Details

ID
HM_6-19805
Alternate IDs
6-19805; HM_6-19805
Department
Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification
Architectural elements-False Doors
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
1903–1904
Title
Limestone false door of Keki
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
80 x 43 x 20 cm (31 1/2 x 16 15/16 x 7 7/8 in)
Credit Line
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Provenance
Giza (provenance unknown)

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