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Saturday, December 18, 1915 (continued)

(6) G 4712
Clearing offering chamber and front of G 4712.

[ILLUSTRATION]

The offering chamber of G 4712 has only one niche (flat niched type). The stela had an inscribed tablet and an inscribed cross piece, the table (a) is so weathered that only the lower part of figure seated at a table is visible. The cross piece (b) has an inscription in relief [ILLUSTRATION]
[GLYPHS] "She who sees Horus and Set" "Great favorite" "En-Maat-Hap" [Nimaathap].
See Sethe in Garstang "Mahasna and Bet Khallaf" pages 22-23. Cf. the name of the Queen of Kha-sekhsemsu. Rt. II Pl. XXIV, 210. L.D.II 6. [TRANSLITERATION] [maAt Hr stX] queen's title of Dynasties I and IV.

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    12/18/1915
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Nimaathap (G 4712)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4712

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

  • Nimaathap (G 4712)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 4712. False door inscribed for Nimaathap, identified as [maAt Hr stX wrt Hts] seer of Horus and Seth, great one of the hetes-scepter; in situ in G 4712 chapel.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.