The false door of Nebet, priest(ess) of Hathor, limestone, 6th Dynasty (23rd-22nd centuries B.C.E.
The false door of Nebet, priest(ess) of Hathor, limestone, 6th Dynasty (23rd-22nd centuries B.C.E. False door stelae, characteristic of the Old Kingdom (2575-2134 B.C.E.), represented the door through which the spirit of the deceased could leave the burial chamber in order to partake of the offerings left outside the tomb. In the earliest times the offerings consisted of actual food and drink, but by the period of this false door they were invoked magically by means of the inscribed offering formula: “A gift which the king gives to Anubis, (consisting of) invocation offerings (for) the revered one… Nebet.” (Text: Semitic Museum) Courtesy & currently located at the Semitic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Photo taken by B.Kelly. -- source link
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