AN EGYPTIAN RED GRANITE FALSE DOOR
AN EGYPTIAN RED GRANITE FALSE DOOR

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN RED GRANITE FALSE DOOR
New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
The central panel depicting the deceased and his wife seated before an offering table, two wadjet-eyes framing a shen-sign below, the double-leafed doors surmounted by a reclining Anubis jackal beneath the roll, the framing inscriptions containing variations of the offering formula on behalf of the scribe and overseer of all neferut of the god Amun, Nakht-Hor-Ahasha and his wife
29 in. (73.6 cm) high

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