OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2283-2184 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FALSE DOOR FOR KHUENPTAH AND MERETITES
OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2283-2184 B.C.
With inscriptions reading: 'an offering which the king gives with Anubis, the first of the god's hall, an invocation of all things good for the Festival of Eternity, for the servant Khuenptah', 'the revered Khuenptah, the revered Meretites', 'the Butcher of the royal slaughterhouse, the Prophet of the funerary chapel, the Overseer of the secrets, her son, Khuenptah' and 'the servant of the cult statue of King Kheops, the royal Acquaintance, the Priestess of Hathor, Meretites'.
28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) high

Provenance

with H. Herzer, Munich.
Private collection, Hamburg, acquired from the above, 1977; and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Kunst der Antike: Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, 21 January-6 March 1977.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel, Kunst der Antike - Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Mainz, 1977, no. 4.

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