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Limestone offering basin of Tjenti

Rectangular limestone offering basin inscribed for Tjenti; inscribed around top rim.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_13.3282
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Offering tables and basins
  • Findspot
    NE of pit G 1165
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    Legacy dimension: .217 x .385
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Owner
    Tjenti (near G 1165)
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • New Orleans Museum of Art. Eye for Eye: Egyptian Images & Inscriptions. April 2, 1977 through February, 1978, New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1977, cat. 49.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 55 (incorrectly attributed to G 1111).

People 1

Ancient People

  • Tjenti (near G 1165)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Limestone offering basin (MFA 13.3282) inscribed for Tjenti, identified as [rx nswt sbAt nswt jmj-r ba] royal acquaintance, pupil of the king, overseer of unguents(?); found northeast of G 1165 (incorrectly attributed to G 1111 in Porter-Moss III, p. 55).