Lintel of Bak-en-khonshu and his wife.

Carver: Unknown

1303–1200 B.C.

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

16 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (41 × 43.5 cm)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Accession Number

1937.128

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Dynasty 19

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Andre Bircher, Cairo, 1920. Originally from Theban Tomb No. 35 (Bak-en-khonsu I) at Dra Abu el-Naga.
Bibliography
  • Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 122–23, no. 70, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

Above the couple)
1. A seated determinative, perhaps a god (A 40, C 3, etc.)
2. iry-p't h' ;ty-' . . .
3. . . . hm-ntr tpy n
4. Imn B;k-n-hnsw snt.f wr hnrt n Imn
Translation
2. "The hereditary nobleman, the mayor . . .
3. . . . the High Priest of
4. Amen, Bak-en-khonsu; (and) his sister,(4) the mistress of the Harem of Amen,"
Between the couple) Mr(t)sgr "Meret-seger."

Signed

n.s.

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