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Limestone false door of Inti

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7700, G 7753

Fine limestone false door of Inti (female) with well-cut hieroglyphs in raised relief. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:5

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_29-12-106
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Street G 7700, debris E of mastaba G 7753
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 120.6 cm Width: 60 - 61.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 31.781
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/08/1929
  • Owner
    Inti (in Street G 7700)
  • Remarks
    Pencil notes assign false doors to G 1123.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, pp. 66-76, figs. 1, 3, 4.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Case of Prefabrication at Giza? The False Door of Inti." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 35 (1998), pp. 115-127.

    Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, pp. 78-79, cat. 24.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 203.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Inti (in Street G 7700)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Limestone false door (29-12-106 = MFA 31.781) inscribed for Inti; found in debris of street G 7700, east of G 7753.