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False door of Iha

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4761

False door inscribed for Iha, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw sHD Axt-xwfw Hm-nTr mAat Hrj-sStA n wDa-mdw] juridicial overseer of scribes, inspector of the pyramid of Khufu, priest of Maat, secretary of judgements; found in fragments in chapel of G 4761. Aus einem Stück gearbeitet; Hieroglyphen in Relief, Reste von Bemalung.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_7445
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 4671, chapel
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_7445
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, end of Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Owner
    Iha (in G 4761)
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Nekropole von Gîza Erwerb: Grabung H. Junker 1912—1914; 1913 inventarisiert; Inv.Nr. 7434–7449 sind Geschenk der Wiener Akad. d. Wissenschaften aus den Ausgrabungen bei Gizeh hinter der großen Pyramde (im Westen) von Junker 1912. Dias: Ektachrom Kitlitschka 1994 = KHM Comp.Nr. 3052; Ektachrom KHM Comp.Nr. 4180 NegNr-1: I 12672 NegNr-2: I 5317, Oberteil, I 5327, Unterteil, I 5316, Architrav, Grabungsphotos NegNr-3: III 27606, Kitlitschka 1994
  • Remarks
    Gift of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1913.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4761

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published 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, p. 73.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Iha (in G 4761)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Probable son of Nefer [I] (owner of G 4761, occasionally misidentified as G 4861 by Reisner). False door (KHM Vienna ÄS 7445) inscribed for Iha, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw sHD Axt-xwfw Hm-nTr mAat Hrj-sStA n wDa-mdw] juridicial overseer of scribes, inspector of the pyramid of Khufu, priest of Maat, secretary of judgements; found in fragments in chapel of G 4761. Also appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer [I], chapel entrance west door jamb, identified as [sAb sS] juridicial scribe; in situ in G 4761.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1