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Door fo the Tomb of Sennedjem
JE 27303 Cairo Antiquities Museum
Wood, Plasterd and
Painted Basalt
Size: Height 135 cm; Width 117 cm
Location: Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT1)
Excavation: Antiquities Service Excavations of 1886
Period: 19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II (1290-1224
BC)
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The tomb of Sennedjem was discovered intact by a group
of officials from the Antiquities Service in 1886. This
door from his tomb consists of a single panel, hinged at
one side. It is made from a number of planks held
together with a system of mortise and tenon joints.
Decorated on both sides, on the external face on a
yellow background is a scene in two registers, with a
hieroglyph representing the sky at the top. In the upper
register Sennedjem, his wife Iyneferty and his daughter
Irunefer are standing before Osiris
and the goddess Ma'at.
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Photographer: Unknown
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