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  • Format
    Journal Article
  • Language
    ENGLISH
  • Year Published
    1972
  • Number of Pages
    12
  • Citation Text
    Fischer, Henry G. "Offerings for an Old Kingdom Granary Official." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 51, nos. 2 and 3 (1972), pp. 69-80.
  • Individual - Ancient
    Kames (in G 1301)
    Mernisut (G 1301)
    Sedjemu (G 1011)
  • Author
    Henry George Fischer, American, 1924–2006
  • Publisher
    Detroit Institute of Arts

People 4

Ancient People

  • Kames (in G 1301)

    • Type Individual - Ancient
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Mernisut (owner of G 1301). Appears on false door tablet and in chapel relief, west wall, identified as [rxt nswt jmjt-r jbAwt] royal acquaintance, overseer of female dancers; (west wall of chapel = Detroit Institute of Arts 71.292) found in situ in G 1301.
  • Mernisut (G 1301)

    • Type Individual - Ancient
    • Remarks Owner of G 1301. Architrave and false door inscribed for Mernisut; also appears in chapel relief; limestone seated statue (Cairo JE 37713) and limestone window (Cairo JE 37728) inscribed for Mernisut; identified as [rx nswt wab nswt nxt-xrw n Snwt n Xnw sHD jrjw-xt Snwt n Xnw sHD jrjw-mDAt n aw nswt] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest, strong-of-voice of the granary of the Residence, inspector of custodians of property of the granary of the Residence, inspector of archivists of the royal documents; (west wall of chapel = Detroit Institute of Arts 71.292) found in situ in G 1301, statue and window found in G 1301.
  • Sedjemu (G 1011)

    • Type Individual - Ancient
    • Remarks Owner of G 1011. Drum lintel inscribed for Sedjemu, identified as [rx nswt sHD nxt-xrw n pr-HD jrj wDA nbw] royal acquaintance, inspector of the strong-of-voice of the treasury, keeper of the storehouse of gold; in situ in G 1011, entrance of corridor b.

Modern People

Institutions 1