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False door panel of Ankh

Upper portion of limestone false door inscribed for the "ka-priest" Ankh, seated at an offering table with his wife, the "mitret" Kednefret, and his daughters, Khentka and Kednefret.

Details

  • ID
    UPM_E13537
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    G 3050, debris in outer offering room
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    29 cm H x 45 cm W
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Clarence Stanley Fisher excavation number
    CSF_exc_G14
  • Minor Cemetery at Giza publication number
    30
  • Object Ownership Information
    In the collection of: University of Pennsylvania Museum (UPMAA)
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 - Dynasty 5
  • Attested
    Kednefret (in G 3050)
    Kednefret (in G 3050)
    Khentka (in G 3050)
  • Owner
    Ankh (G 3050)
  • Object owned by
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Notes
    There has been some confusion as to the provenance of this object. C. Fisher diary, p. 40, describes stele of Ankh as being from G 3050. However the same diary, p. 54, lists fragments of stele G14 (=UPM_E13537) as being found in offering room of G 3031. Object register entry for G14 gives provenance as G 3031, but it is crossed out and replaced with "chamber 3, E side 3050". Fisher, Minor Cemetery, p. 149 no. 30 gives provenance as G 3050; however, caption for pl. 51 says "found in debris in offering room of G 3031."

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3050

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 31

Full Bibliography

  • Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1924, pp. 133, 149-150, pl. 51.3.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Ankh (G 3050)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 3050. False door panel and drum (UPM_E13537) inscribed for Ankh, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room. Maybe same individual as Ankh (near G 3094).

  • Kednefret (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Ankh (owner of G 3050). Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her husband, identified as [mjtrt] mitret; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

  • Kednefret (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Ankh (owner of G 3050) and Kednefret. Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her father; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

  • Khentka (in G 3050)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Ankh (owner of G 3050) and Kednefret. Appears on false door panel (UPM_E13537) inscribed for her father; found displaced in debris of G 3050 outer offering room.

Institutions 1