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Limestone niche stela

Limestone niche stela (in form of tomb facade) inscribed for the "inspector of craftsmen of the royal wabet", Ankh-haf, depicting four named offspring all facing central false door (from left to right): woman at far left: [sAt=f H(...)] "his daughter H[...]", man at inner left: [sA=f mr grf] "his beloved son Geref" (Geref also seems to be name in paint in actual door niche in center), man at inner right: [sA=f mr nfrsSmptH] "his beloved son Neferseshemptah (?)", man at far right: [sA=f mr Tjw] "his beloved son Tjiu."

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_38673
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    G 2011, debris
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    37 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1906
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; Ankh-haf (in G 2011); Geref (in G 2011); Henutsen(?) (in G 2011); Neferseshemptah (in G 2001); Tjiu (in G 2011); RELATED SITE(S): G 2011; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_Sp159LR; MFAB_B746_NS