Result 6 of 9
Limestone offering basin of Mesdjer
Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G 1037-Addition, at N end of E face (southern addition containing pits D and E)
1903–1904
Limestone
Dimensions/Weight: 36.5 x 25 x 12.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 x 4 15/16 in)
Classification: Religious and cult objects
Description: Rectangular limestone offering basin (with two basins) inscribed for Mesdjer and his wife Mernefretnisut, dedicated by his son Keki, [Htp di nswt jnpw xnt[j] sH-nTr prt-xrw t Hnqt m Hb ra nb rx nswt sHD qd msDr / sA.f smsw ir.f n sw qrs Xrt-nTr jmj-r pr kkj / Hm[t].f mr[t].f nb[t] jmAx[w] [xr] nTr aA ra nb mjtrt mr-nfrt-nswt]
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Selected Published References:
Dennis, James T. "New Officials of the IVth to VIth Dynasties." Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 27 (1905) p. 34, no. 8. Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927, pp. 1-2, 15, pl. 6.10. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 178. Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933, p. 230 [5 (145) O].
Dennis, James T. "New Officials of the IVth to VIth Dynasties." Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 27 (1905) p. 34, no. 8. Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927, pp. 1-2, 15, pl. 6.10. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 178. Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933, p. 230 [5 (145) O].
Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933.
Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927.
Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Tomb Steles and Offering Stones of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1927.
