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Limestone offering stone of Inetkaes

Circular white limestone offering stone [of Inetkaes, "royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore"]; incised inscription, final words to be restored as 40-3-6: [xAt Dt.s], "offering table of her funerary estate" (prt-xrw n jmnt (?) or Xrt-nTr). Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:4

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_40-3-5
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 2471, set in floor against E wall
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 10.5 cm Diameter: 24.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/21/1940
  • Owner
    Inetkaes (in G 2471)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2471

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Fischer, Henry G. "An Invocatory Offering Basin of the Old Kingdom." Festschrift für Werner Kaiser. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 47 (1991), p. 128.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Inetkaes (in G 2471)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Circular limestone offering stone (40-3-5) and rectangular limestone offering basin (40-3-6) inscribed for Inetkaes, identified on both as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] royal acqaintance, priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; found in situ in G 2471.