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Limestone slab stela of Setjihekenet

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1227

Limestone slab stela of [GLYPHS] [rX.t nswt] "royal acquaintance, Setjihekenet".

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_37726
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Stelae
  • Findspot
    G 1227, E face
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    52.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_57127
  • Port Said National Museum number
    PSNM_P_4082
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15003
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Mid Dynasty 4 - Late Dynasty 4
  • Owner
    Setjihekenet (G 1227)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1904-1905
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Andrew Reisner; Setjihekenet (G 1227); RELATED SITE(S): G 1227; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_SP111LR; MFAB_A11576_OS; MFAB_A7021_NS; MFAB_A7022_NS; MFAB_AAW1920; MFAB_AAW2071; MFAB_B11771_OS; MFAB_B135053-01_OS; KHM_o_neg_nr_0088; PDM_1999.101.14; PDM_1999.101.21; PDM_1999.101.22; PDM_1999.101.25; PDM_1999.101.26; PDM_1999.101.27; PDM_1999.102.01; PDM_199.102.02; PDM_1999.102.04; MFAB_B10760_OS; MFAB_B10785_OS; MFAB_B10786_OS; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_57127; PSNM_P_4082

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1227

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven & Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University & University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Setjihekenet (G 1227)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 1227. Limestone slab stela (Cairo JE 37726 = CG 57127 = Port Said National Museum P 4082) inscribed for Setjihekenet, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ on east face of G 1227.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1