Limestone offering stand of Djedwai
Tall limestone offering stand of Djedwai; inscription runs vertically: [rx nswt Hm-nTr xwfw sHD wabw jmAxw Ddwaj] "the royal acquaintance, priest of Khufu, inspector of wab-priests, the honored Djedwai".
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19816
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19816; HM_6-19816
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Stands
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone offering stand of Djedwai
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 89 x 25.5 cm (35 1/16 x 10 1/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1452+1453: G 1453, in front of S niche in offering chapel
- Bibliography
- Fischer, Henry G. "Offering Stands from the Pyramid of Amenemhet I." Metropolitan Museum Journal 7 (1973), p. 125, fig. 6, p. 126, n. 7. Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927, pp. 1, 15, pl. 4.6. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 64.
