False door of Anchet

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.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Raum VII

Object data

Object Name

False door

Culture

Ägyptisch

Period

Old Kingdom,

Dated

6th Dynasty, ca. 2200 BC

Site

Fundort unbekannt

Material

Limestone

Dimensions

H 74 cm, B 49,5 cm, T 13,5 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Inv. No.

Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6125

Provenance

Inventoried in 1888 purchased from Theodor Graf

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