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Block of limestone relief from tomb of Khaemwaset

Block of limestone relief in three pieces; heker frieze at top; below, funerary banquet, with Khamewaset and Werenro seated before a table.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_TR_3.7.24.1
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Architectural elements-Relief
  • Findspot
    Khaemwaset
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    200 x 280 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Period
    New Kingdom
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Owner
    Khaemwaset (Khaemwaset)
  • Attested
    Khaemwaset (in Khaemwaset)
    Werenro (in Khaemwaset)
  • Notes
    Provenance listed in TR as Saqqara, Hormin, but see Zivie, BIFAO 76 (1976). Description in TR does not match that given by Zivie, and the JE numbers listed in the TR do not match (JE 8376, 8377, 8382 do in fact seem to be from Hormin).

Full Bibliography

  • Zivie, BIFAO 76 (1976), pp. 26-27, pl. XI.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Khaemwaset (Khaemwaset)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of tomb in the Nezlet Batran area, likely destroyed in the 1880s. Owner of several blocks of relief in the Cairo Museum: EMC_TR_1.7.24.3, EMC_TR_12.6.24.20, EMC_TR_1.7.24.6, EMC_TR_3.7.24.1, EMC_TR_27.6.24.9, and EMC_TR_27.6.24.11

  • Khaemwaset (in Khaemwaset)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Grandson of Khaemwaset, shown on block of relief in the Cairo Museum (EMC_TR_3.7.24.1), identified as [sS] scribe.

  • Werenro (in Khaemwaset)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Khaemwaset, attested on blocks of relief in the Cairo Museum (EMC_TR_12.6.24.20, EMC_TR_1.7.24.6, EMC_TR_3.7.24.1); identified as [nbt pr] mistress of the house.

Institutions 1