LMP no. 253

Code T109

Location Giza

Owner xnw

P&M ref. IIIČ-261

Tomb type	Mastaba
Gender	Male
Most likely date	-
Dating P&M	Dynasty 6

Dating Harpur

Dynasty 6

Harpur no.

192-CF

Dating Cherpion

Menkaure, Mycerinus

Dating Kanawati

Djedkare-Isesi, late

Kanawati no.

254

Other dating	-
King	Menkaure, Mycerinus
Literature	Hassan, Giza II, p. 159-168, figs. 188, 197-201.
Remarks	-
Summary	1 rooms (I) 3 walls (01-02, 03-04, 05)

Plan remarks

Plan: Hassan, fig. 188. MastaBase numbering, not P&M.

 

Room  I

Wall  01-02

Orientation  W?

Sources	Hassan, Giza II, fig. 189-190, pl. LVI [2], LVII [2].
Remarks	Entrance of chapel: lintel with an offering formula (EX/T) and drum with name and titles (EX/T).

Other categories

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	EX - Extra categorical T - Text
	Description:	-
	Literature:	-

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	EX - Extra categorical T - Text
	Description:	-
	Literature:	-

Room  I

Wall  03-04

Orientation  W

Sources	Hassan, Giza II, fig. 191-195, pl. LVI [1], LVII [1], LIX.
Remarks	Wall has two false doors (EX/FD): 03 (northern) and 04 (southern). A fragment of a lintel with an offering text (EX/T) was also found. According to Porter and Moss this was probably common to both false doors.

Other categories

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	EX - Extra categorical FD - False door
	Description:	-
	Literature:	-

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	EX - Extra categorical FD - False door
	Description:	-
	Literature:	-

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	EX - Extra categorical T - Text
	Description:	-
	Literature:	-

Room  I

Wall  05

Orientation  S

Sources	Hassan, Giza II, fig. 196, pl. LX.
Remarks	-

Register  05/2	K from above:  2	K from below:  2	Text: N
	N:  3	Wpi:  M

	Themes:	OF - Offerings
		Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
	Description:	Four offering bearers facing left with shanks and fowl.
	Literature:	Hassan, Giza II, fig. 196, pl. LX.

Register  05/3	K from above:  3	K from below:  1	Text: N
	N:  3	Wpi:  L

	Themes:	OF - Offerings
		Sr=Sacrificial ritual
	Description:	Five funerary priests.
	Literature:	Hassan, Giza II, fig. 196, pl. LX.

Other categories

Register  -	K from above:  -	K from below:  -	Text: N
	N:  -	Wpi:  -

	Themes:	A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
	Description:	The owner seated behind an offering table.
	Literature:	-

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