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Fragment of a false door of Ihu

Fragment of a false door of Ihu

Details

  • ID
    RPM_3046
  • Department
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    G 5170, S shaft
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    72 x 44 x 12.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Period
    End of Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
  • Owner
    Ihu (in G 5170)
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Ihu (in G 5170), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 5170

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5170

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Martin, Karl. Reliefs des Alten Reiches. Teil 2. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 7. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1979, pp. 36-41.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ihu (in G 5170)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks False door (Hildesheim 3046) inscribed for Ihu, identified as [Xrj-tp nswt] royal chamberlain; found in south shaft of G 5170 (tomb of Seshemnefer [III]).

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1