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False door tablet of Nefer-en-chufu and Setjetit
5th Dynasty, ca. 2514-2374 BC;
This tablet was part of a so-called false door – an imaginary gateway between the here-andnow and the Hereafter. The central motif of this false door tablet is the depiction of the tomb owner and his wife seated at an offering table. The scene pictures the ritual funerary offering meal, essential for the couple’s continued existence in the Hereafter.



This tablet was part of a so-called false door – an imaginary gateway between the here-andnow and the Hereafter. The central motif of this false door tablet is the depiction of the tomb owner and his wife seated at an offering table. The scene pictures the ritual funerary offering meal, essential for the couple’s continued existence in the Hereafter.
Time:
5th Dynasty, ca. 2514-2374 BC;
Object Name
False door
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Giza (vermutlich)
Material/technology:
Yellowish white limestone
Dimensions:
H 50 cm, B 49,5 cm, T 8,5 cm, G 38 kg
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 7446
Provenance
Inventoried in 1913, presumably excavated by the Academy of Sciences, Vienna
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