6th Dynasty, ca. 2200 BC, Fundort unbekannt
The false door was an imaginary gateway at the cult place of the tomb linking the hereand-now with the Hereafter. The soul of the deceased passed symbolically through it to partake of the offerings. The central motif of the decoration is the panel set into the false door bearing a scene of the tomb owner seated at table.
False door
Ägyptisch
Old Kingdom,
6th Dynasty, ca. 2200 BC
Limestone
H 74 cm, B 49,5 cm, T 13,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6125
Inventoried in 1888 purchased from Theodor Graf
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