Limestone false door of Seneb
Limestone false door of Seneb, decorated with painted reliefs and inscribed.
Details
- ID
- GEM_12178
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_12178; 12178; EMC_JE_51297; JE_51297; EMC_SR_2/15180; SR_2/15180
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Architectural elements-False Doors
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Title
- Limestone false door of Seneb
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- GEM: 200.0 x 165.0 cm; JE: 180 x 146 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- Seneb, chapel, offering room
- Notes
- From excavations of Hermann Junker. False door originally registered as EMC_JE_51297 (= EMC_SR_2/15180). One block (upper part of N outer jamb reveal) registered separately as EMC_JE_51297B (= EMC_SR_2/15181); it is unclear whether this block is included in the reconstructed false door GEM_12178.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Seneb; RELATED SITE(S): Seneb; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_51297; EMC_SR_2.15180