Udjat Eye of Ra
Unknown Egyptian artist(s) · 1297–1185 BCE
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Ancient · № 355
False door
Unknown Egyptian artist(s) · about 2400 BCE
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False door
Mia description identifies the false door as commemorating the priest Iryenakhet.
- Maker
- Unknown Egyptian artist(s)
- Date
- about 2400 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East and Egypt
- Material
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm)
- Current collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (G250)
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This is a limestone false door for the priest Iryenakhet, not an opening door. In ancient Egyptian funerary practice, false doors provided a symbolic point through which the deceased could receive offerings; the frontal design supports that use.
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- Maker
- Unknown Egyptian artist(s)
- Date
- about 2400 BCE
- Place
- Ancient Near East and Egypt
- Material
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm)
- Current collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (G250)
- Rights
- cc-zero
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