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Fragments of limestone false door from tomb of Duaenre

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5110

Relief, part of white limestone slab from above niche [(false door tablet)] (like design of slab stela), also some broken fragments of same; three horizontal lines of offerings above table, man seated on left (looking right); rather sharp relief. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-11-112
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Between mastabas G 5110 and G 5230, strip 3 and in sand, [originally from G 5110]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: tablet: 68 cm Width: tablet: 64 cm; stone: 86 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/22/1914
  • Owner
    Duaenre (G 5110)
  • Mentioned in entry
    Atah Morad

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5110

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Smith, William Stevenson. "The Coffin of Prince Min-Khaf." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 19 (1933), p. 153.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Duaenre (G 5110)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 5110. Appears in chapel relief (west, south, east, and north walls [only lower legs and feet preserved in situ on west, east, and north walls], and chapel entrance north and south door jambs), and displaced fragment of lintel (MFA 34.1465), identified as [sA nswt n Xt=f jrj(-pat) HAtj-a tAjtj sS mDAt-nTr r nxn r p nb] king's son of his body, hereditary (prince), count, vizier, scribe of the divine book, mouth of Nekhen, mouth of every Butite; in situ in G 5110. Uninscribed sarcohpagus of Duaenre (Turin S.1838, Turin S.1839); Schiaparelli excavations. Possibly same individual as Duare (in G 3098b) and/or Duaenre (in G 8172).

Modern People

  • Atah Morad

    • Type Mentioned in entry
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Expedition worker at Giza.