An Unpublished Old Kingdom False Door of the Priestess of Hathor Nub-Hotep | ||
| أبيدوس | ||
| Volume 6, Issue 6, 2024, Pages 27-40 PDF (1.05 M) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/abidus.2025.402870 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Faraman* | ||
| Egyptology Department Faculty of Archaeology, Aswan University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper examines the textual inscriptions and the depiction of an unpublished false door of a lady who served as a priestess of Hathor in the funerary temple of King Unis in Saqqara. She is called Nub-Hotep, and her beautiful name is Bby. This false door was recovered by Zaki Saad during his excavations in the area between the causeway of the pyramid of Unis and the step pyramid in Saqqara between 1939 and 1940. It was found, among other finds, thrown out of its original place. The tomb could not be located. The false door is made out of fine limestone. It dates back to the Sixth Dynasty. It is now on display at the Kafr Elsheikh Local Museum. The false door herein described provides numerous administrative titles and funeral formulas, which sheds light on the status of the elite women who occupied important religious jobs during the late Old Kingdom. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Old kingdom; false door; Offering Formula; Nub-Hotep; Khenu; Saqqara | ||
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