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Unpublished manuscript transcription: begin page 7

West wall

1-2 Offerings
3-5 Five servants bearing offerings --> R.
The main niche is limestone in two pieces, the top lintel (6) being a horizontal slab.
6. Three horizontal lines of inscription with seated figure of owner at left facing right with his name written to frong [?], Sneferu-hotep.
[GLYPHS]
7. Panel:
Sneferu-hotep seated before table of loaves, facing right. Across top:
[GLYPHS]
Above table
[GLYPHS] 1000 loaves of bread, 1000 jugs of beer, 1000 head of cattle, 1000 geese, 1000 suits, 1000 pieces of 4-plied linen
8. [GLYPHS] revered one, Sneferu-hotep
9. Log lintel [GLYPH] Sneferu [hotep]

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

People 2

Ancient People

  • Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 3008. South false door inscribed for Sneferuhetep, also appears in chapel wall painting, east, south, and west walls, identified as [rx nswt sS nswt sHD wabw xa-snfrw wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA n nTr=f Hrj-sStA m kAt sxt] royal acquaintance, royal scribe, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Snefru, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary of his god, secretary of works in the field; in situ in G 3008. Fragment of door jamb (UPM_E13543) inscribed for Sneferuhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in debris of shaft G 3008 C, originally from door to offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.