Mastaba

False Door

E15729.1

From: Egypt | Saqqara

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E15729.1
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 of Kapure. This block contians 3 columns of hieroglphic text with traces of black and blue pigment remaining. This text consists of an offering prayer and lists the titles of the deceased.

Height 127 cm
Length 50.8 cm
Depth 22.86 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Wanamaker, 1904

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