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Pottery vessel with demotic inscription

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7510

Pottery [vessel] (cf. 25-2-350); [wheel-made, straw tempered], RW (red ware), [white wash], demotic inscription, [inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Pamenekh, son of Harsiese"]. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-2-351
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7510 Z, [embalmer's cache]
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Height: 10.4 cm Diameter: mouth: 12 cm; base: 5.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.1516
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/08/1925
  • Owner
    Pamenekh (in G 7510)
  • Attested
    Harsiese (in G 7510)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7510

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 227-228, cat. 182.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Harsiese (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Pamenekh. Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-351 = MFA 25.1516), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Pamenekh, son of Harsiese"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.

  • Pamenekh (in G 7510)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-351 = MFA 25.1516), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Pamenekh, son of Harsiese"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.