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Limestone false door of Khentkaus, identified as "priestess of Hathor"; only partially preserved on right of tablet Khentkaus seated at offering table with unidentified man (possibly her husband), on left seated figure of another unidentified man (possibly her father Isu, who is named on south outer jamb); named figures on both inner jambs include: Kanefer, Sekhem[...] (name only partially preserved), Usertka, Iuenka; Iyneferakh named on lower north inner jamb (no accompanying figure).

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Falsa porta della sacerdotessa di Hathor Khent-kaus. Sulla tabella, parzialmente conservata, sono raffigurati a destra la defunta insieme ad un uomo (forse il marito) e a sinistra un altro personaggio maschile, forse il padre Isu.

Details

ID
TUR_S.1848/1
Alternate IDs
TUR_S.1848/1; S.1848/1
Department
Museo Egizio, Turin
Classification
Architectural elements-False Doors
Period
Old Kingdom
Title
Limestone false door of Khentkaus
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
189 x 75 x 18 cm.; Volume: 0.21 cu. m.; Weight: 546 kg.
Credit Line
Museo Egizio, Turin
Provenance
Mastaba of Khentkaus
Bibliography
Ballerini, Francesco, Notizia sommaria degli scavi della Missione archeologica italiana in Egitto (1903), (manoscritto riprodotto), [non pubbl.], [1903], p. 54 Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, pp. 58-61, fig. 19, pl. XV. D'Amicone, Elvira, Il Museo Egizio di Torino, Milano, 1982, pp. 55-57 Porter, B., Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Oxford, 1960, p. 149 Schiaparelli, Ernesto, Inventario manoscritto, n. 1848

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