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Block of limestone with demotic inscription

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Block of limestone; four lines of demotic inscription, in black: Choachyte of the house of Osiris, lord of Rasetau, Pato, son of Petosiris. Choachyte Pasaenkheb, son of Petosiris, choachyte Tamnetamun, daughter of Tanethes.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_38967
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    JE: H 28 x L 44 cm; CG: 23 x 44 cm, 21 cm thick
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Catalogue General number
    EMC_CG_50034
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_8V/5813
  • Period
    Ptolemaic Period
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Attested
    Pasaenkheb
    Pato
    Petosiris
    Petosiris
    Tanetamun
    Tanethes
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_CG_050023-050165_009LR; EMC_JE_VII_Sp176LR; EMC_CG_050023-050165_PL006LR; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_50034

Full Bibliography

  • Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa

People 6

Ancient People

  • Pasaenkheb

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato, son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh] (identified as [wAh-mw] choachyte), son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun [Tamin], daughter of Tanethes [Khentihetep]; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

  • Pato

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato (identified as [wAh mw] choachyte), son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb (Pesekh), son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun (Tamin), daughter of Tanethes (Khentihetep); precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

  • Petosiris

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Pato. Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato, son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh], son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun [Tamin], daughter of Tanethes [Khentihetep]; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

  • Petosiris

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh]. Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato, son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh], son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun [Tamin], daughter of Tanethes [Khentihetep]; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

  • Tanetamun

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato, son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh], son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun [Tamin] (identified as [wAh mw] choachyte), daughter of Tanethes [Khentihetep]; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

  • Tanethes

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Tanetamun [Tamin]. Block (in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_38967 = EMC_CG_50034) with demotic graffiti of Pato, son of Petosiris, of Pasaenkheb [Pesekh], son of Petosiris, and of Tanetamun [Tamin], daughter of Tanethes [Khentihetep]; precise findspot unknown, found by W.M.F. Petrie (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 29, pl. XXXVIIa).

Institutions 1