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Fragmentary false door lintel and tablet of Sabef

Limestone false door lintel and tablet of Sabef; in many pieces. Photograph: yes.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_60544
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-False Doors
  • Findspot
    G 3033
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15445
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 or Dynasty 6
  • Owner
    Sabef (G 3033)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner. Some fragments possibly now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; Sabef G 3033); RELATED SITE(S): G 3033; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XII_Sp194LR; MFAB_A7080_NS; MFAB_B8298_NS; MFAB_EG025695; MFAB_EG025696; MFAB_EG000930; MFAB_PL459; MFAB_PL461

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3033

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

  • Sabef (G 3033)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 3033. False door lintel (UPM_E13554), drum (UPM_E13555), and lintel and drum (UPM_E13533) all inscribed for Sabef, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found in situ in G 3033.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1