Digital Giza | Fragment of false door of Kakhent

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4990 = G 2180

Fragment (top) of false door; man seated at offering table, his name (Kakhent) and title (ka-priest) inscribed above table.

ID

MFAB_12.1520
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Architectural elements-False Doors
Findspot

Debris E of mastaba G 2180 (= G 4990)
Material

Limestone
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Owner

Kakhent (east of G 2180)
Notes

This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1912: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1912: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

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. 178.

Kakhent (east of G 2180)
- Type Owner
- Remarks Upper part of limestone false door (MFA 12.1520) inscribed for Kakhent, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found east of G 2180 (= G 4990).

Fragment of false door of Kakhent