Findspot: Western Cemetery, Mastaba of Wehemnefret

Classification: False Doors

Description: Limestone false door inscribed for Wehemnefret, possible daughter of Snefru, decorated with raised relief and formerly covered by pink stucco, some of which remains. Various named figures appear on outer and inner jambs, including: outer south jamb: Snefrubaef, Ankhkhufu, Meresankh, Reputnisut, Tjentet (spelled Tjenteti), Ankhetisis; inner south jamb: Hesy, Iyenkhenet, Kaiu; outer north jamb: Khentkaef, Hetepheres, Nefrethasnefru, Snefrubaef-nedjes, Senmerer, Beby; inner north jamb: Irenptah, Khenu, Werptah. // Falsa porta della principessa Uhem-neferet, forse una delle figlie di Snefru. Il monumento, decorato ad alto rilievo, era in ricoperto di stucco rosa di cui restano le tracce.

Selected Published References:
Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, p. 62, fig. 20, pl. XVIII.