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False door tablet of Nisuhenu and Niankhhathor

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

False door tablet of Nisuhenu and his wife Niankhhathor

Details

  • ID
    RPM_3235
  • Department
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Nisuhenu
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    31 x 55.7 x 11 cm
  • Credit Line
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Owner
    Nisuhenu (Nisuhenu)
  • Attested
    Niankhhathor (in Nisuhenu)
  • Object owned by
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Nisuhenu (Nisuhenu), Niankhhathor (in Nisuhenu), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): Nisuhenu

Tombs and Monuments 1

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Martin, Karl. Reliefs des Alten Reiches und verwandte Denkmäler. Teil 3. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 8. Mit Beiträgen von Peter Kaplony. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1980, pp. 80-83.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Niankhhathor (in Nisuhenu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Nisuhenu (probable owner of Nisuhenu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door tablet (Hildesheim 3235) depicting Nisuhenu and his wife Niankhhathor seated at offering table, identified as [mjtrt] mitret; found in mastaba of Nisuhenu, shaft S 139.

  • Nisuhenu (Nisuhenu)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Probable owner of Nisuhenu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door tablet (Hildesheim 3235) depicting Nisuhenu and his wife seated at offering table, identified as [Hm-kA jrj wxrt] ka-priest, keeper of the dockyard; found in mastaba of Nisuhenu, shaft S 139.

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