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False door of Irenakhet Niankhpepy

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 2065

False door inscribed for Irenakhet Niankhpepy, identified as [swnw smsw pr-aA aw mw m Xnw nTnTt sHD swnw pr-aA swnw jrtj pr-aA swnw Xt pr-aA nr pHwt xrp srqt] chief physician of the Great House, interpreter of the liquids hidden within the netjnetjet, inspector of physicians of the Great House, eye-physician of the Great House, abdominal-physician of the Great House, guardian of the rectum, he who has command over Selket; found reused as roofing in shaft S 2065. Flache Scheintür mit Rundstabeinfassung und Hohlkehle. Die ganze Stele ist mit Inschriften und Darstellungen in vertieftem Relief bedeckt.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_8009
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Shaft S 2065 (reused as roofing)
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_8009
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Period
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Owner
    Irenakhet Niankhpepy (in S 2065)
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Gîza, W-Friedhof, Schacht 2065, Grabung Junker 1926 Erwerb: 1926 inventarisiert; "die Stücke N° 8008–8011 stammen sämtliche aus der Grabung der Wiener Akad. d. Wissenschaften hinter der Pyramide des Cheops (westlich) aus der Grabungskampagne 1926." NegNr-1: I 4645 NegNr-2: II 2774, Grabungsphoto
  • Remarks
    From the excavations behind (west of) the Pyramid of Khufu of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1926.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • S 2065

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Ancient People

  • Irenakhet Niankhpepy (in S 2065)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Irenakhet, [rn=f nfr] his good name Niankhpepy, called Iri. False door (KHM Vienna ÄS 8009) inscribed for Irenakhet, identified as [swnw smsw pr-aA aw mw m Xnw nTnTt sHD swnw pr-aA swnw jrtj pr-aA swnw Xt pr-aA nr pHwt xrp srqt] chief physician of the Great House, interpreter of the liquids hidden within the netjnetjet, inspector of physicians of the Great House, eye-physician of the Great House, abdominal-physician of the Great House, guardian of the rectum, he who has command over Selket; found reused as roofing in shaft S 2065 (at east face of G 4760, south end).

Institutions 1