Limestone false door of Maakheru
Limestone [false door] of Maakheru; [tablet shows deceased seated (facing right) at table of offerings with inscription listing funerary offerings, text below reads " the venerated one, Maakheru", outer jambs show standing figures of deceased (facing in), one vertical line of text on each jamb, left jamb reads "a reward which the king gives (and) Anubis who is upon his mountain, invocation offerings of bread, beer and ... for the venerated one, Maakheru", right jamb lists titles and epithets of Maakheru, inner jambs show seated figures of deceased (facing in) with vertical line of text reading "one venerated before the great god, Maakheru"].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:10
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-2-508
- Alternate IDs
- 25-2-508; HUMFA_25-2-508
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Architectural elements-False Doors
- Entry Date
- 02/09/1925
- Title
- Limestone false door of Maakheru
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 134 cm Width: 55 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7500], 4.3 m. E of G 7512 X
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
