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Relief fragment

Object(s) photograph:

Fragment of relief from W wall of Room B, depicting procession of men and an ox

Details

  • ID
    BÄM_1130
  • Department
    Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin/Neues Museum
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    Lepsius 53
  • Material
    limestone
  • Dimensions
    Width 1.1 m
  • Credit Line
    Berlin Ägyptisches Museum
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, End of Dynasty 5 - Dynasty 6
  • Attested
    Herni(?) (in Lepsius 53)
    Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu)
    Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)
  • Object owned by
    Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
  • Remarks
    RELATED SITES: Lepsius 53; RELATED CONSTITUENTS: Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu); Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53); Herni(?) (in Lepsius 53)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

People 3

Ancient People

  • Herni(?) (in Lepsius 53)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief (Berlin 1130) from interior chapel, room b, west wall (third figure from left, carrying scribal palette), identified as [sS Snwt] scribe of the granary; found in Lepsius 53.

  • Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Owner of Sehetepu Tepu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Sehetepu, [rn=f nfr] his good name Tepu. Chapel entrance door jambs and false door inscribed for Sehetepu Tepu, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw] juridicial overseer of scribes; also appears in chapel relief; in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu (west of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Also appears several times in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), interior chapel (entrance south door jamb [reveal], north and west walls of room b, north wall of room c), identified as [sAb sS sHD Hmw-kA] juridicial scribe, inspector of ka-priests; in situ in Lepsius 53.

  • Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears twice in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, east wall (middle register, figure on right, carrying birds in both hands), and exterior chapel, vestibule, south wall (upper register of preserved portion of wall), identified (in both instances) as [jmj-r sSr] overseer of linen; displaced block found in Lepsius 53 other in situ.

Institutions 1