Door Frame

29-66-584

From: Egypt | Dendereh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-66-584
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Dendereh
Period First Intermediate Period | Tenth Dynasty | Eleventh Dynasty
Date Made 2130-1938 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

In the limestone fragment of the lintel, a rectangular, double line frame contains an inscription, characterized by exceptionally well-defined hieroglyphs, and which reads: “Libation offerings before the great god, lord of the sky, 1000 bread and beer for the revered one, Henu.”

Height 9.3 cm
Length 44 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Dendereh, Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915-1923
Other Number D4506 - Field No SF

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