Door from the tomb of Seshem-nefer II
These three blocks preserve the lower part of a two-leaved door, complete with bolt and pivots, which has been rendered in stone. The backs of the blocks hve been cut down with a saw. The fronts carry highly raised relief , with additional details added in shallow relief.
Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 1540
Dating 5TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS
Category DOOR
Material LIMESTONE ; UNSPECIFIED
Technique STONE-TECHNIQUE; LOW RELIEF ; PAINTED
Height 129.5 cm
Width 110.7 cm
Depth 41.7 cm
Translation "[1] Overseer of the scribes of the royal records, Seshem-nefer." Bibliography Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 60. Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 13. Martin, K., Reliefs des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 3), Mainz 1978, S. 29-32. Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 17. Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 18. 
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