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Block of limestone lintel from tomb of Khaemwaset

Object register page:

Block of limestone lintel in two pieces; incompletely engraved. At left, Isis kneeling on a [nbw] sign; behind her, Anubis in the form of a jackal, with Khaemwaset and his son Neferptah kneeling, arms raised in adoration, with a bunch of lotus flowers.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_TR_27.6.24.11
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Doors, jambs, lintels
  • Findspot
    Khaemwaset
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    40 x 137 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Period
    New Kingdom
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Owner
    Khaemwaset (Khaemwaset)
  • Attested
    Neferptah (in Khaemwaset)
  • Notes
    No provenance listed in TR, but see Zivie, BIFAO 76 (1976).

Full Bibliography

  • Zivie, BIFAO 76 (1976), pp. 30-31, pl. XIII.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Khaemwaset (Khaemwaset)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of tomb in the Nezlet Batran area, likely destroyed in the 1880s. Owner of several blocks of relief in the Cairo Museum: EMC_TR_1.7.24.3, EMC_TR_12.6.24.20, EMC_TR_1.7.24.6, EMC_TR_3.7.24.1, EMC_TR_27.6.24.9, and EMC_TR_27.6.24.11

  • Neferptah (in Khaemwaset)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Khaemwaset. Attested on blocks of relief in the Cairo Museum; identified on EMC_TR_10.6.24.12 as [sS pr-HD] scribe of the treasury, and on EMC_TR_27.6.24.11 as [sS] scribe.

Institutions 1