Limestone false door of Keki
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)
