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Limestone false door tablet of Tjena

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5233, Tjena

White limestone [false door] tablet of [xnw n HwtHr TnA] musician of Hathor, Tjena; notes on signs (feasts after [tpj rnpt] are): 1) [DHwtt], 2) [wAg], 3) [Hb-wr], 4) [rkH], 5) [prt (mnw)], 6) [Hb nb]; right flange reads: [xnw TnA]; left flange shows sign [mr] and name [HwtHr nw. . .?]: tablet text reads: 1) [xnw n HwtHr jmAxw], 2) [TnA Dd=f jrtj-fj xt Dw], 3) [jrw mitt jr jSt sn]; reused in E wall of pit. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_40-1-5a
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Pit [G 5233] O, E wall (reused), [probably originally from mastaba of Tjena]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Height: 44 cm Width: 75 cm Thickness: 12.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/07/1940
  • Owner
    Tjena (Tjena)
  • Remarks
    Original provenance of G 5223 recorded in OR apparently mistake for G 5233 (there is no pit O in G 5223). Mastaba of Tjena as probable origin of false door fragment based on similarity of title.

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 5233

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • Tjena

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Ancient People

  • Tjena (Tjena)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Tjena (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone standing statue (Cairo JE 45106) inscribed for Tjena, identified as [Hm-nTr HwtHr] priest of Hathor; found in upper niche of S 832 (western shaft) in mastaba of Tjena. Probable owner of limestone false door tablet (40-1-5a) and fragments (40-1-5b, 40-1-5c); tablet inscribed for Tjena, identified as [xnw n HwtHr] musician of Hathor; all found displaced in G 5233 O (tablet 40-1-5a reused in east wall). Probable owner of limestone drum lintel (40-1-4) inscribed for Tjena, identified as [rx nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] royal acquaintance, priest of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; found displaced in G 5233 P (reused in east wall).