Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Tjena
Limestone statue of a man, standing on a plinth with a back-pillar; left leg forward; arms along the body, hands closed in fist holding a stick; wearing a white shendyt, and a black wig; painted. Inscribed for [GLYPHS] [Hm-nTr HwtHr TnA] "priest of Hathor, Tjena."
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- ID
- GEM_1161
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Tjena, S 832
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 16.0 x 26.0 cm; 11240 g
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_45106
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/15076
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- Period
- Old Kingdom
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Owner
- Tjena (Tjena)
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- Notes
- From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1914.
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- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hermann Junker; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE 45106; EMC_SR_2.15076
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of Tjena (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone standing statue (Cairo JE 45106) inscribed for Tjena, identified as [Hm-nTr HwtHr] priest of Hathor; found in upper niche of S 832 (western shaft) in mastaba of Tjena. Probable owner of limestone false door tablet (40-1-5a) and fragments (40-1-5b, 40-1-5c); tablet inscribed for Tjena, identified as [xnw n HwtHr] musician of Hathor; all found displaced in G 5233 O (tablet 40-1-5a reused in east wall). Probable owner of limestone drum lintel (40-1-4) inscribed for Tjena, identified as [rx nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] royal acquaintance, priest of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; found displaced in G 5233 P (reused in east wall).
Modern People
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- 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.