Limestone door jamb
One of two blocks of limestone (door jambs?) with representation of a person (name destroyed) and his family; dedicated by his son, Weta
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- ID
- GEM_13950
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
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- Findspot
- Giza, "Southern Necropolis"
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 173.0 x 22.0 x 58.5 cm
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Catalogue General number
- EMC_CG_1480
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_3/9972
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_30186
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- Period
- Old Kingdom
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- Attested
- Weta
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- Notes
- Discovered 1892
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- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_1480; EMC_SR_3.9972, EMC_JE_30186
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Limestone sarcophagus (Cairo JE 30189 = CG 1787) inscribed for Weta (on lid and sides), identifed as [wab nswt rx nswt xntj-S Hrj-sStA nTrj-mnkAwra gs jmj-r gsw Xrj-a nswt Tbw nswt jmj-r artjw jrt mDAt nt art nt Xrj-Hb] royal wab-priest, royal acquaintance, palace attendant and secretary of the pyramid of Menkaure, leather-worker, overseer of leather-workers and royal assistants(?), sandal-maker of the king, overseer of manufacturers of writing material/papyrus rolls(?); provenance uncertain (according to Reisner "from mastaba near Third Pyramid").