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Fragment of limestone lintel of Kanefer

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Kanefer

Left end fragment of limestone lintel of Kanefer, identified as [(jmj)-r sSw] (overseer of) scribes. Linkes Ende eines Architravs mit drei horizontalen Inschriftenzeilen und der Darstellung des Grabbesitzers am linken Ende. Das Bildfeld ist an allen Seiten durch eingravierte Linien begrenzt, die rechte Seite ist allerdings nicht erhalten. Die Darstellungen und Inschriften sind in versenktem Relief gearbeitet.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_8526
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
  • Findspot
    Mastaba of Kanefer
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    54.5 x 70 x 13 cm
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_8526
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Owner
    Kanefer (Kanefer)
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Gîza, W-Friedhof, Mastaba des Kai-nefer, Grabung Junker 1913–1914 Erwerb: 1914 durch Fundteilung; 1960 inventarisiert Dias: Ektachrom Kitlitschka 1993; Ektachrom KHM Comp.Nr. 9872, 9878; NegNr-1: II 12843
  • Remarks
    Excavated 1913-1914.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • Kanefer

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Hölzl, Regina. Reliefs und Inschriftensteine des Alten Reiches 2.Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 21. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 2001, pp. 113-116.

    H. JUNKER, Giza 7 (1944), pp. 190-193, Abb. 82.

    Katalog "Götter, Menschen, Pharaonen", Speyer (1993) = Katalog "Dioses, Hombres, Faraones", Mexico City (1993) = Katalog "Das Vermächtnis der Pharaonen", Zürich (1994) 78, Nr. 34.

    Porter & Moss III, p. 160.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Kanefer (Kanefer)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Kanefer (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door and fragment of limestone lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8526) inscribed for Kanefer, identified as [sAb aD-mr (jmj-r) sSw] judge and administrator, overseer of scribes; false door in situ and lintel fragment found displaced in mastaba of Kanefer.

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