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Limestone false door of Hakau

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2382

Limestone [false door] of [GLYPHS] Hakau. Broken in two pieces. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    GEM_10968
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex] court
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: .72 m Length: .48
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_44634
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15419
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_13-1-543
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM_10968)
  • Date of Register Entry
    December 1912
  • Owner
    Hakau (in G 2382)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2382

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

People 1

Ancient People

  • Hakau (in G 2382)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Limestone false door (13-1-543 = Cairo JE 44634) inscribed for Hakau, identified as [sS qdt nTr xntj-S smr watj] scribe of the god's printing, palace attendant, sole companion; found in G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Senedjemib complex court, mastaba of origin unknown.