Two Identical Door lintels from the Eighteenth Dynasty at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

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Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams Univ

المستخلص

This paper deals with two door lintels of Imn-nDm[1]and his wifeTwï (JE 2019),  andImn-Htpthe son of the senior inspector of scribesImn-m-HAtand his wifeNfrt-iry(TR 29.6.4.6) which are preserved at the Cairo Museum. These lintels were found in Sheikh Abd El-Qurna at Thebes and dated from the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty up to the reign of Thutmose IV based on the wife title (Hmt .f(in the first slab and )snt.f( on the second. They are identical in representing the two couples, a man, and his wife, who adore Osiris and Anubis. There are slight differences between the two lintels.
 
I would like to express my appreciation to Prof. Ashraf Fathy for his valuable comment on this article and Mrs. Sabah Abdelrazik, former Director of Cairo Museum for permission to publish these objects. 
[1] Ranke,H. Die Ägyptischen Personennamen, Band,  I. 1935, Umschreibungslisten. Glückstadt: Augustin. S. 29.23.

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