Mastaba

False Door

E15729.2

From: Egypt | Saqqara

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E15729.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Saqqara
Locus Tomb of Kaipure
Period Old Kingdom | Fifth Dynasty (uncertain) | Sixth Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made 2500 - 2170 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone | Pigment
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Block from the left jamb of the false door from the tomb of Kapure. This block contains an image of the deceased standing holding a folded cloth in his right hand and a staff in his left hand. Above the figure is a single line of text listing his name, Ka(j)-pw-re.

Height 124 cm
Length 0 cm
Width 64 cm
Depth 18 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Wanamaker, 1904

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