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Fragments of limestone false door

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Two fragments of left side of limestone false door; upper fragment: lower left portion of false door tablet including feet of stool from offering table scene, left portion of inscribed lintel, left portion of inscribed drum lintel, upper portion (head and shoulders) of standing male figure (facing right), wearing short curled wig, identified as [nfrn] Neferen; lower fragment (left panel of false door): lower portion (from chest down) of same standing male figure, holding proper left hand to chest, wearing leopard skin, and kilt; belongs with 6-19827.

Details

  • ID
    HM_6-19831
  • Department
    Hearst Museum, Berkeley
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Giza (provenance unknown)
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    47 x 50 cm (18 1/2 x 19 11/16 in)
  • Credit Line
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 to Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    1903–1904
  • Object owned by
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Attested
    Neferen
  • Remarks
    Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19827 and 6-19831 are blocks of same limestone false door.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Neferen

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears on fragments of outer left panel of limestone false door (Hearst 6-19831, belongs with one other fragment of same false door Hearst 6-19827), standing male figure (facing right) wearing short curled wig, leopard skin, and kilt, identified as [jmj-r pr-Sna] overseer of the storehouse; provenance unknown.

Institutions 1