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Limestone false door of Kednes

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4850, G 4860, S 2120/2126, S 2109, Kednes [I], Minu, Khepetetj

South false door from tomb of Kednes [I], inscribed for Kednes, identified as [wab nswt xntj-S] royal wab-priest, palace attendant

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_49693
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    Kednes [I]
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    H 1.26 x L 0.71 m
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/14577
  • Period
    First Intermediate Period
  • Attested
    Abdet (in Kednes [I])
    Niankhhathor (in Kednes [I])
    Nimaathathor (in Kednes [I])
    Senebankh (in Kednes [I])
  • Owner
    Kednes [I] (Kednes [I])
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1925-1926.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S):Kednes [I] (Kednes [I]); Abdet (in Kednes [I]); Niankhhathor (in Kednes [I]); Nimaathathor (in Kednes [I]); Senebankh (in Kednes [I]); RELATED SITE(S): Kednes [I]; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_X_Sp268LR; KHM_AEOS_II_2793; KHM_AEOS_II_2569; KHM_AEOS_II_2570; KHM_AEOS_II_2597

Tombs and Monuments 1

People 5

Ancient People

  • Abdet (in Kednes [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f) his wife) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [I], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on south false door (Cairo JE 49693) tablet and upper lintel (Leipzig 3132) seated with her husband Kednes; false door found in situ in mastaba of Kednes [I].

  • Kednes [I] (Kednes [I])

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Kednes [I] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). South false door (Cairo JE 49693) and upper lintel (Leipzig 3132) inscribed for Kednes, identified as [xntj-S wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw Hm-nTr Hr mDdw] palace attendant, royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu, priest of the Horus Medjedu (Khufu); false door found in situ in mastaba of Kednes [I].

  • Niankhhathor (in Kednes [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [I], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on south false door (Cairo JE 49693) inscribed for Kednes, south inner jamb (only name appears), and upper lintel (Leipzig 3132) standing behind her parents Kednes and Abdet; Niankhhathor identified as [Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt nht] priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore; false door found in situ in mastaba of Kednes [I].

  • Nimaathathor (in Kednes [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [I], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on south false door (Cairo JE 49693) inscribed for Kednes, north inner jamb, identified as [Hm-nTr Nt mHtt jnb] priestess of Neith north of the wall; false door found in situ in mastaba of Kednes [I].

  • Senebankh (in Kednes [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [I], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on south false door (Cairo JE 49693) inscribed for Kednes, north outer jamb; false door found in situ in mastaba of Kednes [I].

Institutions 1