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Limestone offering niche lintel; standing male figure and remains of inscription: sunk relief [Htp-dj-nswt] hetep di nisut formula (incised from right to left) with sunk relief figure of standing male with outstretched arm and starched kilt at left edge of block, name and title(s) (difficult to read) may contain nfr sign (Sign List F35) and unusually tall striding man with staff (A20), possibly [jAw-nfr] Iaunefer (though written in reverse [nfr-jAw]), name most likely appears over his head, as well as on round drum in lower center of block; damaged.

Details

ID
HM_6-19820
Alternate IDs
HM_6-19820; 6-19820
Department
Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification
Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
Entry Date
1903–1904
Title
Limestone offering niche lintel of Iaunefer (?)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
14 x 36 cm (5 1/2 x 14 3/16 in)
Credit Line
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Provenance
Giza Wadi Cemetery, GW 16, debris on top of SE corner of mastaba
Bibliography
Manuelian, Peter Der. "On the Early History of Giza: The 'Lost' Wadi Cemetery (Giza Archives Gleanings, III)." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 127, 128, 133, figs. 3, 24-26, table 1.

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