Cleveland Museum of Art

Lintel of Enseperi

Date

2454–2311 BCE

Medium

limestone

Culture

Egypt, Giza, western cemetery, excavations of Montague Ballard, 1901–2, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 5

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Carved in raised relief, the inscription on this lintel is arranged in vertical columns, with the signs facing right. The tomb owner and his wife, labeled above as "the king's acquaintance, Neferiuhathor(?)" are seated together at the far left on a long chair or couch with bull's legs and a cushion but no back rest. Neferiuhathor appears to place her left hand on Endeperi's shoulder but the chair overlapping her legs shows that she is seated at his left.

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