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Rectangular limestone offering table with four basins, inscribed for Akhethetep, Merutenes, Sankhu, and Nefrethakhufu

Details

  • ID
    CBE_ABM_433
  • Department
    Abu Bakr Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    Provenance unkown; found in 1955 "in the west side of the [Western] cemetery" at Giza
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    50 cm. x 31 cm. x 9.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Abu Bakr Expedition
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr; Akhethetep (Akhethetep); Merutenes (in Abu Bakr Cemetery); Sankhu (in Abu Bakr Cemetery); Nefrethakhufu (in Abu Bakr Cemetery)

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018; Handoussa, "An Act of Piety from the Western Cemetery at Giza," in Egypt and Beyond, pp. 149-153.

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