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Fragments of red granite drum lintel of Seshatsekhentiu

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2120

Many fragments of red granite drum [lintel, originally inscribed for Seshatsekhentiu]; two with incised hieroglyphs [sSAt-sxntjw]. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_38-3-11
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2120, debris low down in front of slab stela
  • Material
    Granite
  • Dimensions
    Height: inscribed fragment: 27 cm Length: longest uninscribed fragment: 38 cm; inscribed fragment: 24 cm Thickness: inscribed fragment: 10+ cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/07/1938
  • Owner
    Seshatsekhentiu (G 2120)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2120

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania–Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven and Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003, p. 79, fig. 106.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Seshatsekhentiu (G 2120)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2120. Limestone slab stela (group of unregistered fragments + 33-2-187 + 38-3-2 + 38-3-3 = MFA 06.1894) inscribed for Seshatsekhentiu; some fragments found east and west of G 2120. Fragments of red granite drum lintel (38-3-11) originally inscribed with name and titles of Seshatsekhentiu; partially preserved titles: [Xrj-(Hb)] lector(-priest), [Hrj-tp ...tjw] chief .... (Seshatsekhen)tiu; found in debris in front of slab stela emplacement in east face of G 2120.