Door jamb from the Mastaba of the Official Bebi Artist: Unknown

2494–2181 B.C.

Ancient Art

Not on view
Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

41 1/2 × 13 1/4 in., 117 lb. (105.4 × 33.6 cm, 53.07 kg)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Accession Number

1937.131

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Dynasties 5–6

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Andre Bircher, Cairo, 1920. Originally, the piece came from one of the OId Kingdom mastaba fields near Cairo, probably Giza of Saqqara.
Bibliography
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 257, ill
  • Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 49, no. 22, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

doorjambs

Inscriptions

Right column) imy-r ipwt s, pr imy-ht s,(w) pr shd sh\r\nLeft Column) ...rh nyswt pr ', imy-r swt spswt pr-`,Bbi\r\n\r\n"The overseer of Commissions, the Son of the House, the Assistant Supervisor of Sons of the House, the Supervisor of the grain storehouse,\r\n...the King's Acquiantance of the Great House, the Director of the August Places of the Great House, Bebi."

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