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False door
On View In:
Gallery 250
Artist:   Artist Unknown  
Title:   False door  
Date:   about 2400 BCE  
Medium:   Limestone  
Dimensions:   61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm)  
Credit Line:   The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund  
Location:   Gallery 250  

False doors were common in ancient Egyptian tombs and were always located in the west wall. They were an interface between the worlds of the living and the dead, and the focal point for visitors to say prayers and deposit food and gifts for the deceased, whose soul was supposed to pass through the door. The inscriptions commemorate the priest Iryenakhet (pronounced “year-ee-en-AH-ket”), who is depicted seven times. The central niche is framed by two door jambs and a lintel in a composition ruled by symmetry. The normal direction of Egyptian writing was from right to left, with the hieroglyphs facing right, but here the hieroglyphs on the right jamb face left (as do the figures) toward the niche

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Artist Unknown  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Greek characters, translated: 'Philomenos' (Name of wife) and 'Plathane' (name of husband)  
Classification:   Architecture  
Physical Description:   False door in the name of Iry-en-Akhet whose "beautiful name" is Iry.  
Creation Place:   Africa, Egypt, North Africa region, , Giza  
Accession #:   52.22  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts  

 


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