Result 8 of 220
Photo ID number: A6956_NS
Photo Subjects
Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Service tomb 6
Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Service tomb 6
Description
Rock-cut tombs in E edge of pyramid plateau: Service des Antiquites excavations (near village at foot of cliff): tomb 6, rock-cut tomb of Merkhufu, chapel, W wall (because of tomb orientation actually NW wall), three false doors, S false door inscribed for Merkhufu, central false door inscribed for his father Djat, N false door uninscribed, looking NW
Rock-cut tombs in E edge of pyramid plateau: Service des Antiquites excavations (near village at foot of cliff): tomb 6, rock-cut tomb of Merkhufu, chapel, W wall (because of tomb orientation actually NW wall), three false doors, S false door inscribed for Merkhufu, central false door inscribed for his father Djat, N false door uninscribed, looking NW
Photographer: Mohammedani Ibrahim (expedition photographer)
Photo date: 05/30/1932
Remarks: Service tomb 6 (Reisner numbering system) = Service tomb 6 (Fahkry numbering system)
Literature reference: see Fakhry, Ahmed. Sept tombeaux à l'est de la Grande Pyramide de Guizeh. Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1935, pp. 19-25.
Henri Gauthier, "A travers la Basse-Egypte," Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte (ASAE) 22 (1922), pp. 205-208.
MET
05
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Non organic / Rock: LimestoneHenri Gauthier, "A travers la Basse-Egypte," Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte (ASAE) 22 (1922), pp. 205-208.
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural unit / Tomb/mastaba/pyramide, etc.: Chapel
MET 02 : Architecture / Architectural element: False door
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of arms/hands: Left hand on body
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of arms/hands / Hands on knees: Left hand on knee
MET 08 : Scene / Funerary ritual scene: Offering table scene
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of arms/hands / Arms advanced: Right arm advanced
MET 08 : Attitude / Attitude of body: Sitting
MET 08 : Human / Man: Tomb owner
MET 08 : Human / Woman: Tomb owner
MET 08 : Scene / Funerary ritual scene: Various offerings
MET 06 : General technique / Relief: Low relief
MET 07 : Incomplete
