Door Frame

29-66-589

From: Egypt | Dendereh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-66-589
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Dendereh
Period First Intermediate Period | Eleventh Dynasty
Date Made 2081-1938 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

The limestone fragment of the lintel bears an inscription of hieroglyphic text in columns, of which only the bottom is preserved. The signs are incised deeply and with summary craftsmanship. The name of an individual, likely the deceased owner of the funerary monument, is legible on the right-hand corner of the fragment: “Bebi.”

Height 5.5 cm
Length 62 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Dendereh, Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915-1923
Other Number D5734 - Field No SF

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