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Offering slab of Hepefre

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Limestone offering slab inscribed for the "royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest" Hepefre.

Details

  • ID
    UPM_E2923
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Giza; precise findspot unknown
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    51.4 cm L x 70.2 cm W x 6.2 cm D
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Previous Number
    UPM_E.2923
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: University of Pennsylvania Museum (UPMAA)
  • Object owned by
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Mentioned on page
    Hepefre

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Petrie, William F. Gizeh and Rifeh. London: School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College & Bernard Quaritch, 1907, p. 9, pl. 7b (bottom right).

    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. 296.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Hepefre

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Offering table (UPM_E2923) inscribed for Hepefre, identified as [rx nswt wab nswt] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, pp. 8-9, pl. VIIb).

Institutions 1